Time to first mobilisation · children having undergone thoraco‐lumbar spine surgery. 3 trials included in the analysis contained participants older than 18 years:…
1 finding from 1 review
Length of hospital stay · children having undergone thoraco‐lumbar spine surgery. 3 trials included in the analysis contained participants older than 18 years:…
1 finding from 1 review
Complications · children having undergone thoraco‐lumbar spine surgery. 3 trials included in the analysis contained participants older than 18 years:…
It is very uncertain whether epidural analgesia changes complications compared with systemic analgesia (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Joint pain at rest · adults having abdominal surgery
1 finding from 1 review
Pain on movement at 24 hours Visual analogue scale Scale from zero to 10 · adults having abdominal surgery
1 finding from 1 review
All‐cause mortality rate at 30 days · adults having abdominal surgery
Epidural analgesia showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality rate at 30 days compared with intravenous patient‐controlled analgesia (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Failure of analgesic technique requiring alternative approach (assessed at any time) · adults having abdominal surgery
Epidural analgesia probably leads to higher failure of analgesic technique requiring alternative approach… compared with intravenous patient‐controlled analgesia (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events (assessed at any time during · adults having abdominal surgery
Epidural analgesia showed no clear difference in adverse events (assessed at any time during compared with intravenous patient‐controlled analgesia (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Caesarean section · pregnant women (at term) requesting epidural analgesia in labour (regardless of whether the labour was spontaneous or induced)
Early initiation of epidural analgesia showed no clear difference in caesarean section compared with late initiation (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Instrumental delivery · pregnant women (at term) requesting epidural analgesia in labour (regardless of whether the labour was spontaneous or induced)
Early initiation of epidural analgesia showed no clear difference in instrumental delivery compared with late initiation (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of 1st stage of labour · pregnant women (at term) requesting epidural analgesia in labour (regardless of whether the labour was spontaneous or induced)
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of second stage (minutes) · pregnant women (at term) requesting epidural analgesia in labour (regardless of whether the labour was spontaneous or induced)
1 finding from 1 review
Apgar score less than 7 at 5 minutes · pregnant women (at term) requesting epidural analgesia in labour (regardless of whether the labour was spontaneous or induced)
Early initiation of epidural analgesia showed no clear difference in apgar score <7 at 5 min compared with late initiation (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Umbilical artery pH · pregnant women (at term) requesting epidural analgesia in labour (regardless of whether the labour was spontaneous or induced)
1 finding from 1 review
Umblical vein pH · pregnant women (at term) requesting epidural analgesia in labour (regardless of whether the labour was spontaneous or induced)
1 finding from 1 review
Myocardial infarction (0 to 30 days) · adults undergoing cardiac surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass
It is very uncertain whether epidural analgesia changes myocardial infarction (0 to 30 days) compared with peripheral nerve blocks (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Pulmonary complications (0 to 30 days) · adults undergoing cardiac surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter (0 to 2 weeks) · adults undergoing cardiac surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Neurological complications · adults undergoing cardiac surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Duration of tracheal intubation · adults undergoing cardiac surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass
It is very uncertain whether epidural analgesia changes duration of tracheal intubation compared with peripheral nerve blocks (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review