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Intravenous tranexamic acid vs placebo

All‐cause mortality (30 days post‐surgery) · people undergoing definitive fixation of hip, pelvic and long bone fractures

Intravenous tranexamic acid showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality (30 days post‐surgery) compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antifibrinolytic therapy - locally-applied tranexamic acid (TXA) mouthwash/solution (SoF eligibility: TXA or EACA; all included trials used topical TXA) vs placebo

All‐cause mortality (30 days post‐surgery) · people undergoing definitive fixation of hip, pelvic and long bone fractures

It is very uncertain whether topical tranexamic acid changes all‐cause mortality (30 days post‐surgery) compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Perioperative beta‐blockers vs placebo or usual care

Early all‐cause mortality (within 30 days) · adults undergoing non‐cardiac surgery under general anaesthesia (to include: low‐risk, medium‐risk, and high‐risk surgeries)

Perioperative beta‐blockers showed no clear difference in early all‐cause mortality (within 30 days) compared with placebo or standard care (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Summary of findings table ‐ Convalescent plasma vs placebo or usual care

All‐cause mortality at up to day 28 ‐ total · individuals with moderate to severe disease

Summary of findings table ‐ Convalescent plasma showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality at up to day 28 ‐ total compared with placebo or standard care alone (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Nitroglycerin vs placebo

All‐cause mortality in 30 days post operation · patients (15 years of age and older) undergoing non‐cardiac surgery under any type of anaesthesia

It is very uncertain whether nitroglycerin changes all‐cause mortality in 30 days post operation compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Glutamine vs placebo

All‐cause mortality at 100 days post‐transplant · People undergoing stem cell transplant with haematological malignancies

It is very uncertain whether summary of findings: Glutamine changes all‐cause mortality at 100 days post‐transplant ( compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Ursodeoxycholic acid vs placebo or no treatment

All‐cause mortality at 100 days post‐transplant · Patients undergoing stem cell transplant with malignant and non‐malignant diseases

Summary of findings: Ursodeoxycholic acid may leads to lower all‐cause mortality at 100 days post‐transplant ( compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Human recombinant activated protein C vs placebo

28‐Day all‐cause mortality (adult and paediatric patients) · patients with severe sepsis or septic shock

Human recombinant activated protein C showed no clear difference in 28‐Day all‐cause mortality (adult and paediatric patients) compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Prophylactic plasma transfusion before surgery/invasive procedures vs no prophylactic plasma transfusion before surgery/invasive procedures (colloid, crystalloid, placebo, or no treatment)

All‐cause mortality up to 30 days № of participants: 72 (1 RCT) · patients undergoing non‐cardiac surgery/invasive procedures

It is very uncertain whether prophylactic plasma transfusion before surgery/invasive procedures changes all‐cause mortality up to 30 days № of participants: 72 (1 RCT) compared with no prophylactic plasma transfusion before surgery/invasive… (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Prophylactic corticosteroids vs placebo or no corticosteroids

Mortality within the longest · adults diagnosed with coronary artery disease or cardiac valve disease, and candidates for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

Prophylactic corticosteroids showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality (during the index hospital admission, or within… compared with placebo or no corticosteroids (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Inositol supplementation IV initially followed by enteral administration (repeat doses of 80 mg/kg/day) in preterm infants born at less than 30 weeks' PMA vs placebo

All‐cause mortality (outcome collected through first event: death, hospital discharge, hospital transfer, or 120 days after birth) · preterm infants with or at risk of respiratory distress syndrome

Inositol supplementation IV initially followed by enteral… showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality (outcome collected through first event: death,… compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review