Infraclavicular block vs other upper limb blocks: Supplementation required for surgical anaesthesia
- Population
- patients with regional anaesthesia of the lower arm
- Intervention
- Infraclavicular block
- Comparison
- other upper limb blocks
- Outcome
- Supplementation required for surgical anaesthesia
Infraclavicular block leads to higher supplementation required for surgical anaesthesia compared with other upper limb blocks (high certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Infraclavicular block vs other upper limb blocks Supplementation required for surgical anaesthesia · patients with regional anaesthesia of the lower arm Infraclavicular block leads to higher supplementation required for surgical anaesthesia compared with other upper limb blocks (high certainty). Infraclavicular brachial plexus block for regional anaesthesia of the lower arm (2010) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD005487.PUB2, superseded | RR 1.45 [1.02, 2.04] | 11 studies · 813 participants | High |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infraclavicular brachial plexus block for regional anaesthesia of the lower arm 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
Related questions
The same intervention and outcome, asked in another population or against another comparator.
- Infraclavicular block vs all other brachial plexus blocks · patients with regional anaesthesia of the lower arm · 1 review
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.