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9 questions · 9 findings · 5 reviews · Anaesthesia

No studies found 2 · 22.2%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 2 · 22.2%Low 5 · 55.6%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Intravenous dexamethasone vs placebo

Incidence of serious adverse events (we used the NIH definition of adverse events. A serious event includes death, a life‐threatening event that requires hospitalization or prolonged hospitalization, disability or congenital anomaly) · participants undergoing surgery with peripheral nerve block

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Epidural analgesia vs intravenous patient‐controlled analgesia

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

Perineural vs intravenous dexamethasone

Incidence of serious adverse events (we used the NIH definition of adverse events. A serious event includes death, a life‐threatening event that requires hospitalization or prolonged hospitalization, disability or congenital anomaly) · peripheral nerve block

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Propofol vs sevoflurane

Adverse event ‐ haemodynamic changes, number of events · patients with rapid emergence from anaesthesia after undergoing brain tumour surgery

Propofol may leads to higher adverse event ‐ haemodynamic changes, number of events compared with sevoflurane (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review