Haemodynamic support (in hospital) · 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) · adult cardiac surgical patients
Epidural analgesia showed no clear difference in atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter (0 to 2 weeks) compared with systemic analgesia (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Neurological complications · adult cardiac surgical patients
It is very uncertain whether epidural analgesia changes risk of neurological complications (0 to 30 days) compared with systemic analgesia (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of tracheal intubation · adult cardiac surgical patients
1 finding from 1 review
Pain at rest at 6 to 8 hours (score from 0 to 10) · adult cardiac surgical patients
1 finding from 1 review
Haemodynamic support (in hospital) · adult cardiac surgical patients
Epidural analgesia may leads to higher haemodynamic support (in hospital) compared with systemic analgesia (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Mortallity (0 to 30 days · adults undergoing cardiac surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass
It is very uncertain whether epidural analgesia changes mortallity (0 to 30 days compared with peripheral nerve blocks (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Pain · children having undergone thoraco‐lumbar spine surgery. 3 trials included in the analysis contained participants older than 18 years:…
1 finding from 1 review
Vomiting · children having undergone thoraco‐lumbar spine surgery. 3 trials included in the analysis contained participants older than 18 years:…
Epidural analgesia showed no clear difference in vomiting up to 48 hours after surgery compared with systemic analgesia (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Return of gastrointestinal function · 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 return of gastrointestinal function compared with systemic analgesia (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
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
Satisfaction with postoperative analgesia regimen · 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
Mortality in hospital or up to 30 days · people undergoing abdominal aortic surgery
Epidural pain relief showed no clear difference in mortality in hospital or up to 30 days compared with systemic opioid‐based pain relief (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review