Removal of short‐term indwelling urethral catheters in adults: prophylactic use of alpha blocker vs no intervention: Number of participants requiring recatheterisation
It is very uncertain whether removal of short‐term indwelling urethral catheters in adults:… changes number of participants requiring recatheterisation compared with no drug or intervention (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Removal of short‐term indwelling urethral catheters in adults: prophylactic use of alpha blocker vs no drug or intervention Number of participants requiring recatheterisation · adults with short‐term indwelling urethral catheters that need to be removed It is very uncertain whether removal of short‐term indwelling urethral catheters in adults:… changes number of participants requiring recatheterisation compared with no drug or intervention (very low certainty). Strategies for the removal of short‐term indwelling urethral catheters in adults (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.18 [0.58, 2.42] | 2 studies · 184 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strategies for the removal of short‐term indwelling urethral catheters in adults 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.