Prophylactic platelet transfusion prior to surgery vs no prophylactic platelet transfusion prior to surgery: Number of participants with minor procedure‐related bleeding within 7 days of surgery
It is very uncertain whether prophylactic platelet transfusion prior to surgery changes the number of participants with minor procedure‐related bleeding… compared with no prophylactic platelet transfusion prior to surgery (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Prophylactic platelet transfusion prior to surgery vs no prophylactic platelet transfusion prior to surgery The number of participants with minor procedure‐related bleeding within 7 days of surgery · people with a low platelet count It is very uncertain whether prophylactic platelet transfusion prior to surgery changes the number of participants with minor procedure‐related bleeding… compared with no prophylactic platelet transfusion prior to surgery (very low certainty). Prophylactic platelet transfusions prior to surgery for people with a low platelet count (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.29 [0.9, 1.85] | 1 study · 64 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prophylactic platelet transfusions prior to surgery for people with a low platelet count 2018 · 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.