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Intravenous dexamethasone vs placebo: Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale)
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Intravenous dexamethasone vs placebo Postoperative pain intensity at 48 hours (measured using pain scores on an 11‐point VAS) · participants undergoing surgery with peripheral nerve block Dexamethasone as an adjuvant to peripheral nerve block (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 172 participants | Low |
Intravenous dexamethasone vs placebo Postoperative pain intensity at 12 hours (measured using pain scores on an 11‐point VAS) · participants undergoing surgery with peripheral nerve block Dexamethasone as an adjuvant to peripheral nerve block (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 162 participants | Low |
Intravenous dexamethasone vs placebo Postoperative pain intensity at 24 hours (measured using pain scores on an 11‐point VAS) · participants undergoing surgery with peripheral nerve block Dexamethasone as an adjuvant to peripheral nerve block (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 5 studies · 257 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dexamethasone as an adjuvant to peripheral nerve block 2017 · 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.
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