Paravertebral anaesthesia with or without sedation vs general anaesthesia: Number of patients with postoperative nausea and vomiting (postoperative care unit)
Paravertebral anaesthesia with or without sedation probably leads to lower postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) compared with general anaesthesia (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Paravertebral anaesthesia with or without sedation vs general anaesthesia Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) · women undergoing breast cancer surgery Paravertebral anaesthesia with or without sedation probably leads to lower postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) compared with general anaesthesia (moderate certainty). Paravertebral anaesthesia with or without sedation versus general anaesthesia for women undergoing breast… (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 0.16 [0.08, 0.3] | 6 studies · 323 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paravertebral anaesthesia with or without sedation versus general anaesthesia for women undergoing breast cancer surgery 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.