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Acupuncture or acupressure vs placebo: Vomiting ‐ intraoperative
- Population
- women undergoing regional anaesthesia for caesarean section
- Intervention
- Acupuncture or acupressure
- Comparison
- placebo
- Outcome
- Vomiting ‐ intraoperative
Acupressure/acupuncture may leads to lower vomiting ‐ intraoperative compared with placebo (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Acupressure/acupuncture vs placebo Vomiting ‐ intraoperative · women undergoing regional anaesthesia for caesarean section Acupressure/acupuncture may leads to lower vomiting ‐ intraoperative compared with placebo (low certainty). Interventions for preventing nausea and vomiting in women undergoing regional anaesthesia for caesarean… (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.52 [0.33, 0.8] | 9 studies · 1221 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for preventing nausea and vomiting in women undergoing regional anaesthesia for caesarean section 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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