NSAIDs vs other analgesics: Number of patients with postoperative nausea and vomiting (24 hours postoperatively)
NSAID probably leads to lower incidence rate or severity of postoperative nausea, vomiting, or both compared with other analgesic (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
NSAID vs other analgesic Incidence rate or severity of postoperative nausea, vomiting, or both · women undergoing breast surgery NSAID probably leads to lower incidence rate or severity of postoperative nausea, vomiting, or both compared with other analgesic (moderate certainty). Perioperative systemic nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in women undergoing breast surgery (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.18 [0.06, 0.57] | 3 studies · 128 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perioperative systemic nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in women undergoing breast surgery 2021 · 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.