Question · asked by 1 review
Perioperative beta‐blockers vs placebo or usual care: Ventricular arrhythmias (within 30 days)
- Population
- adults undergoing non‐cardiac surgery under general anaesthesia (to include: low‐risk, medium‐risk, and high‐risk surgeries)
- Intervention
- Perioperative beta‐blockers
- Comparison
- placebo or usual care
- Outcome
- Ventricular arrhythmias (within 30 days)
It is very uncertain whether perioperative beta‐blockers changes ventricular arrhythmias (within 30 days) compared with placebo or standard care (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Perioperative beta‐blockers vs placebo or standard care Ventricular arrhythmias (within 30 days) · adults undergoing non‐cardiac surgery under general anaesthesia (to include: low‐risk, medium‐risk, and high‐risk… It is very uncertain whether perioperative beta‐blockers changes ventricular arrhythmias (within 30 days) compared with placebo or standard care (very low certainty). Perioperative beta‐blockers for preventing surgery‐related mortality and morbidity in adults undergoing… (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.72 [0.35, 1.47] | 5 studies · 476 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perioperative beta‐blockers for preventing surgery‐related mortality and morbidity in adults undergoing non‐cardiac surgery 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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