Continuation vs discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy: Ischaemic events: peripheral thrombosis, cerebral myocardial infarction (within 30 days of surgery)
Continuation showed no clear difference in ischaemic events: peripheral thrombosis, cerebral myocardial… compared with discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Continuation vs discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy Ischaemic events: peripheral thrombosis, cerebral myocardial infarction (within 30 days of surgery) · adults undergoing non‐cardiac surgery (including abdominal, urological, orthopaedic, and gynaecological surgery) Continuation showed no clear difference in ischaemic events: peripheral thrombosis, cerebral myocardial… compared with discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy (low certainty). Continuation versus discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy for bleeding and ischaemic events in adults… (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.67 [0.25, 1.77] | 4 studies · 616 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Continuation versus discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy for bleeding and ischaemic events in adults undergoing non‐cardiac surgery 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.