Epidural analgesia vs intravenous patient‐controlled analgesia
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
- Epidural analgesia versus patient‐controlled intravenous analgesia for pain following intra‐abdominal surgery in adults 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 3.37 [0.72, 15.88]9 studies · 560 participantsLow