Immunonutrition vs usual care: Length of postoperative hospital stay
Immunonutrition showed no clear difference in postoperative length of hospital stay (days) compared with standard care (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Immunonutrition vs standard care Postoperative length of hospital stay (days) · patients undergoing surgery for head and neck cancer Immunonutrition showed no clear difference in postoperative length of hospital stay (days) compared with standard care (low certainty). Immunonutrition for patients undergoing surgery for head and neck cancer (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | MD 2.5 | 10 studies · 757 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immunonutrition for patients undergoing surgery for head and neck cancer 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.