Myocardial infarction · people undergoing abdominal aortic surgery
Epidural pain relief probably leads to lower myocardial infarction compared with systemic opioid‐based pain relief (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of tracheal intubation · people undergoing abdominal aortic surgery
1 finding from 1 review
Respiratory failure · people undergoing abdominal aortic surgery
Epidural pain relief probably leads to lower respiratory failure compared with systemic opioid‐based pain relief (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Gastrointestinal bleeding · people undergoing abdominal aortic surgery
Epidural pain relief leads to lower gastrointestinal bleeding compared with systemic opioid‐based pain relief (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Pain (VAS scores) on movement at postoperative day 1 Scale from: 0 to 10. · people undergoing abdominal aortic surgery
1 finding from 1 review
Length of critical care stay (hours) · people undergoing abdominal aortic surgery
1 finding from 1 review
Number of women requiring a repeat regional block or a general anaesthetic as a result of failure to establish adequate initial blockade · women undergoing caesarean section
Combined spinal‐epidural showed no clear difference in number of women requiring a repeat regional block or a general… compared with high‐dose spinal (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of women requiring supplemental intra‐operative analgesia at any time after CSE or spinal anaesthetic insertion · women undergoing caesarean section
It is very uncertain whether combined spinal‐epidural changes number of women requiring supplemental intra‐operative analgesia at… compared with high‐dose spinal (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of women requiring intra‐operative conversion to general anaesthesia · women undergoing caesarean section
It is very uncertain whether combined spinal‐epidural changes number of women requiring intra‐operative conversion to general… compared with high‐dose spinal (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of women satisfied with anaesthesia · women undergoing caesarean section
It is very uncertain whether combined spinal‐epidural changes number of women satisfied with anaesthesia compared with high‐dose spinal (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of women requiring a repeat regional block or a general anaesthetic as a result of failure to establish adequate initial blockade · women undergoing caesarean section
Combined spinal‐epidural showed no clear difference in number of women requiring a repeat regional block or a general… compared with low‐dose spinal (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of women requiring supplemental intra‐operative analgesia at any time after CSE or spinal anaesthetic insertion · women undergoing 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).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of women requiring intra‐operative conversion to general anaesthesia · women undergoing caesarean section
1 finding from 1 review
Number of women satisfied with anaesthesia · women undergoing caesarean section
1 finding from 1 review
Time from completion of operation to first flatus (hours) · adults
1 finding from 1 review
Time required to observe first faeces · adults
1 finding from 1 review
Pain (VAS scores) on movement at postoperative day 1 Scale from: 0 to 10. · adults
1 finding from 1 review
Vomiting · adults
Epidural local anaesthetic showed no clear difference in vomiting during first 24 hours compared with opioid‐based regimen (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Anastomotic leak · adults
Epidural local anaesthetic showed no clear difference in anastomotic leak compared with opioid‐based regimen (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Length of hospital stay · adults
1 finding from 1 review