Adverse drug events observed with intrathecal magnesium sulfate as an adjuvant to bupivacaine for spinal anesthesia in patients undergoing elective cesarean section: a meta-analysis

Table 2 General features of the studies

Studies	Type of study	Enrollment time period	No of participants assigned to MgSO4 group (n)	No of participants assigned to the control group (n)
Elsharkawy 2018 [12]	Prospective randomized double blind study	-	30	30
Faiz 2013 [13]	Randomized double blind controlled study	2011 – 2012	36	36
Jabalameli 2012 [14]	Prospective doubled blind randomized trial	2010 – 2011	69	33
Malleeswaran 2010 [15]	Randomized study	-	30	30
Paleti 2018 [16]	Randomized clinical trial	2015	25	25
Sachidananda 2018 [17]	Placebo controlled randomized double-blind pilot study	-	41	40
Sun 2012 [18]	Prospective randomized double blind study	-	100	100
Unlugenc 2009 [19]	Prospective, randomized, double blind study	-	30	30
Xiao 2017 [20]	Prospective, double blinded, randomized, dose response trial	2014	30	30
Yousef 2010 [21]	Prospective double blind randomized trial	-	45	45
Zhong 2018 [22]	Randomized clinical trial	2015	30	30
TOTAL no of participants (n)			466	429

Table 2 lists the general properties of the original studies which have been included in this analysis. This includes the type of study, the year of participants’ enrollment, and the number of participants in the experiment and the control group
Abbreviations MgSO4: Magnesium sulfate

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