Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 1 findings · 1 reviews · Anaesthesia

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 1 · 100%High 0 · 0%

Number requiring opioids postoperatively · patients with postoperative pain

Clonidine showed no clear difference in number requiring opioids postoperatively compared with fentanyl (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Clonidine premedication for postoperative analgesia in children 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.89 [0.56, 1.42]
1 study · 36 participants
Moderate