Combined spinal‐epidural vs low‐dose spinal: Number of women requiring supplemental intra‐operative analgesia at any time after CSE or spinal anaesthetic insertion
Combined spinal‐epidural showed no clear difference in number of women requiring supplemental intra‐operative analgesia at… compared with low‐dose spinal (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Combined spinal‐epidural vs low‐dose spinal Number of women requiring supplemental intra‐operative analgesia at any time after CSE or spinal anaesthetic insertion · women having a caesarean section Combined spinal‐epidural showed no clear difference in number of women requiring supplemental intra‐operative analgesia at… compared with low‐dose spinal (moderate certainty). Combined spinal‐epidural versus spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.75 [0.78, 3.92] | 4 studies · 298 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined spinal‐epidural versus spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section 2019 · 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.