Continuation vs discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy: Blood loss requiring further surgery (intraoperatively and postoperatively)
Continuation showed no clear difference in blood loss requiring further surgery (intraoperatively and… compared with discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Continuation vs discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy Blood loss requiring further surgery (intraoperatively and postoperatively) · adults undergoing non‐cardiac surgery (including abdominal, urological, orthopaedic, and gynaecological surgery) Continuation showed no clear difference in blood loss requiring further surgery (intraoperatively and… 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 1.54 [0.31, 7.58] | 4 studies · 368 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.