Bispectral index vs treatment guided by clinical assessment alone?: Duration of mechanical ventilation
BIS monitoring showed no clear difference in duration of mechanical ventilation (measured in days) compared with clinical assessment (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
BIS monitoring vs clinical assessment Duration of mechanical ventilation (measured in days) · Mechanically ventilated adults in the intensive care unit BIS monitoring showed no clear difference in duration of mechanical ventilation (measured in days) compared with clinical assessment (low certainty). BIS monitoring versus clinical assessment for sedation in mechanically ventilated adults in the intensive… (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 155 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIS monitoring versus clinical assessment for sedation in mechanically ventilated adults in the intensive care unit and its impact on… 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.