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Each row is one question a systematic review asked: who, what, compared with what, and which outcome, with the effect it found and how certain that is. Words match anywhere in the field.
651 questions in 62 reviews · Wounds
current versionsNo studies 651 · 100%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
| Question | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Lively Legs programme vs wounds outpatient clinic Adverse events ‐ not reported · people with venous leg ulcers Interventions for helping people adhere to compression treatments for venous leg ulceration (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Lively Legs programme vs wounds outpatient clinic Quality of life ‐ not reported · people with venous leg ulcers Interventions for helping people adhere to compression treatments for venous leg ulceration (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Lively Legs programme vs wounds outpatient clinic Pain ‐ not measured · people with venous leg ulcers Interventions for helping people adhere to compression treatments for venous leg ulceration (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Video education vs written education Number of people healed ‐ not reported · people with venous leg ulcers Interventions for helping people adhere to compression treatments for venous leg ulceration (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Video education vs written education Proportion with recurrence ‐ not reported · people with venous leg ulcers Interventions for helping people adhere to compression treatments for venous leg ulceration (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Video education vs written education Adherence to compression ‐ not reported · people with venous leg ulcers Interventions for helping people adhere to compression treatments for venous leg ulceration (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Video education vs written education Quality of life ‐ not reported · people with venous leg ulcers Interventions for helping people adhere to compression treatments for venous leg ulceration (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Video education vs written education Pain at 6 months ‐ not reported · people with venous leg ulcers Interventions for helping people adhere to compression treatments for venous leg ulceration (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Leg Club vs nurse home visits Recurrence of ulcers ‐ not reported · people with venous leg ulcers Interventions for helping people adhere to compression treatments for venous leg ulceration (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Video education vs written education Adverse events ‐ not reported · people with venous leg ulcers Interventions for helping people adhere to compression treatments for venous leg ulceration (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Leg Club vs nurse home visits Time to healing ‐ not reported · people with venous leg ulcers Interventions for helping people adhere to compression treatments for venous leg ulceration (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Leg Club vs nurse home visits Adverse events ‐ not reported · people with venous leg ulcers Interventions for helping people adhere to compression treatments for venous leg ulceration (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Leg Club vs nurse home visits Adherence to compression ‐ not reported · people with venous leg ulcers Interventions for helping people adhere to compression treatments for venous leg ulceration (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Lively Legs programme vs wounds outpatient clinic Time to healing ‐ not reported · people with venous leg ulcers Interventions for helping people adhere to compression treatments for venous leg ulceration (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Mortality · patients with venous leg ulcers Oral aspirin for treating venous leg ulcers (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Chlorhexidine vs povidone‐iodine Primary BSI or clinical sepsis · patients with a central venous catheter Skin antisepsis for reducing central venous catheter‐related infections (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Chlorhexidine vs povidone‐iodine Mortality attributable the CVC‐related infections. · patients with a central venous catheter Skin antisepsis for reducing central venous catheter‐related infections (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Sulodexide + local treatment vs local treatment Direct costs · patients with venous leg ulcers Sulodexide for treating venous leg ulcers (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Sulodexide + local treatment vs local treatment Time to complete ulcer healing · patients with venous leg ulcers Sulodexide for treating venous leg ulcers (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Sulodexide + local treatment vs local treatment Change in absolute ulcer size · patients with venous leg ulcers Sulodexide for treating venous leg ulcers (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Sulodexide + local treatment vs local treatment Ulcer recurrence · patients with venous leg ulcers Sulodexide for treating venous leg ulcers (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Sulodexide + local treatment vs local treatment Health‐related quality of life · patients with venous leg ulcers Sulodexide for treating venous leg ulcers (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Incidence of wound dehiscence · lower limb arterial surgery Wound drainage for lower limb arterial surgery (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Incidence of reoperation for wound or graft‐related complications · lower limb arterial surgery Wound drainage for lower limb arterial surgery (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Changes in health‐related quality of life · lower limb arterial surgery Wound drainage for lower limb arterial surgery (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Topical antibiotics vs antiseptic Wounds healed 5‐14 days · people presenting for surgery where healing of surgical wound planned to be by primary intention Topical antibiotics for preventing surgical site infection in wounds healing by primary intention (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Topical antibiotics vs no topical antibiotic. Anaphylaxis · people presenting for surgery where healing of surgical wound(s) was planned to be by primary intention Topical antibiotics for preventing surgical site infection in wounds healing by primary intention (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Topical antibiotics vs no topical antibiotic. Patterns of antibiotic resistance · people presenting for surgery where healing of surgical wound(s) was planned to be by primary intention Topical antibiotics for preventing surgical site infection in wounds healing by primary intention (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Topical antibiotics vs no topical antibiotic. Wounds healed 5‐14 days · people presenting for surgery where healing of surgical wound(s) was planned to be by primary intention Topical antibiotics for preventing surgical site infection in wounds healing by primary intention (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Topical antibiotics vs antiseptic Anaphylaxis · people presenting for surgery where healing of surgical wound planned to be by primary intention Topical antibiotics for preventing surgical site infection in wounds healing by primary intention (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Topical antibiotics vs antiseptic Patterns of antibiotic resistance · people presenting for surgery where healing of surgical wound planned to be by primary intention Topical antibiotics for preventing surgical site infection in wounds healing by primary intention (2016) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Honey vs conventional dressings Quality of life5 · patients with Burns Honey as a topical treatment for wounds (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Honey vs silver sulfadiazine Quality of Life6 · patients with Burns Honey as a topical treatment for wounds (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Honey vs conventional dressings Quality of Life6 · patients with Minor acute wounds Honey as a topical treatment for wounds (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Honey vs conventional dressings Costs5 · patients with Burns Honey as a topical treatment for wounds (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Health‐related quality of life · patients undergoing orthognathic surgery Antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing infectious complications in orthognathic surgery (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Systemic infection · patients undergoing orthognathic surgery Antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing infectious complications in orthognathic surgery (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Adverse events · patients undergoing orthognathic surgery Antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing infectious complications in orthognathic surgery (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Duration of hospital stay · patients undergoing orthognathic surgery Antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing infectious complications in orthognathic surgery (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Health‐related quality of life · patients undergoing orthognathic surgery Antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing infectious complications in orthognathic surgery (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Systemic infection · patients undergoing orthognathic surgery Antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing infectious complications in orthognathic surgery (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR Duration of hospital stay · patients undergoing orthognathic surgery Antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing infectious complications in orthognathic surgery (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Intervention NR PVC failure · Patients requiring a peripheral venous catheter Devices and dressings to secure peripheral venous catheters to prevent complications (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Transparent dressing vs sticking plaster PVC failure · Patients requiring a peripheral venous catheter Devices and dressings to secure peripheral venous catheters to prevent complications (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Bordered transparent dressing vs tape Phlebitis · Patients requiring a peripheral venous catheter Devices and dressings to secure peripheral venous catheters to prevent complications (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Hydrogel dressings vs foam dressing Adverse events (not reported) · people with pressure ulcers Hydrogel dressings for treating pressure ulcers (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Hydrogel dressings vs dextranomer paste dressings Proportion of ulcers completely healed (not reported) · people with pressure ulcers Hydrogel dressings for treating pressure ulcers (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Hydrogel dressings vs collagenase Adverse events (not reported) · people with pressure ulcers Hydrogel dressings for treating pressure ulcers (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Hydrogel dressings vs hydrogel dressings Proportion of ulcers completely healed (not reported) · people with pressure ulcers Hydrogel dressings for treating pressure ulcers (2015) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Alginate dressing vs basic wound contact dressing HRQoL ‐ not measured · patients with Alginate dressings for healing diabetic foot ulcers (2013) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |