Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

8 questions · 9 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 5 · 55.6%Low 4 · 44.4%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Short‐term mortality · people with major upper gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic surgery

It is very uncertain whether enhanced recovery protocol changes short‐term mortality compared with standard care (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Enhanced recovery protocols for major upper gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic surgery 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 2.79 [0.44, 17.73]
7 studies · 868 participants
Very low

Serious adverse events (proportion) · people with major upper gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic surgery

It is very uncertain whether enhanced recovery protocol changes serious adverse events (proportion) compared with standard care (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Enhanced recovery protocols for major upper gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic surgery 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 5.57 [0.68, 45.89]
2 studies · 341 participants
Very low

Serious adverse events (number) · people with major upper gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic surgery

It is very uncertain whether enhanced recovery protocol changes serious adverse events (number) compared with standard care (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Enhanced recovery protocols for major upper gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic surgery 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Rate ratio 0.72 [0.45, 1.13]
7 studies · 859 participants
Very low

Health‐related quality of life (until 3 months) · people with major upper gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic surgery

1 finding from 1 review

Enhanced recovery protocols for major upper gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic surgery 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
4 studies · 373 participants
Very low

Adverse events mild adverse events · people with major upper gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic surgery

Enhanced recovery protocol may leads to lower mild adverse events (proportion) compared with standard care (low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Enhanced recovery protocols for major upper gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic surgery 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.58 [0.39, 0.85]
4 studies · 525 participants
Low
Enhanced recovery protocols for major upper gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic surgery 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Rate ratio 0.52 [0.39, 0.7]
9 studies · 1014 participants
Low

Length of hospital stay · people with major upper gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic surgery

1 finding from 1 review

Enhanced recovery protocols for major upper gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic surgery 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
9 studies · 1014 participants
Low

Patient readmissions · people with major upper gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic surgery

It is very uncertain whether enhanced recovery protocol changes readmissions compared with standard care (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Enhanced recovery protocols for major upper gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic surgery 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.4 [0.69, 2.87]
7 studies · 733 participants
Very low

Costs · people with major upper gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic surgery

1 finding from 1 review

Enhanced recovery protocols for major upper gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic surgery 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
4 studies · 282 participants
Low