Mannitol vs hypertonic saline: Inadequate brain relaxation 3‐ or 4‐point scalesa
Mannitol may leads to lower inadequate brain relaxation 3‐ or 4‐point scalesa compared with hypertonic saline (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Mannitol vs hypertonic saline Inadequate brain relaxation 3‐ or 4‐point scalesa · patients with brain relaxation undergoing craniotomy Mannitol may leads to lower inadequate brain relaxation 3‐ or 4‐point scalesa compared with hypertonic saline (low certainty). Mannitol versus hypertonic saline for brain relaxation in patients undergoing craniotomy (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.6 [0.44, 0.83] | 3 studies · 387 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mannitol versus hypertonic saline for brain relaxation in patients undergoing craniotomy 2014 · 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.