Number of women requiring rescue medication · adults (mean study ages 23 to 67 years) with acute postoperative pain after abdominal/pelvic, dental or orthopedic surgeries
It is very uncertain whether intravenous ketorolac changes number of participants using rescue medication over 4 or 6 hours… compared with another NSAID (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants reporting an adverse event · adults (mean study ages 23 to 67 years) with acute postoperative pain after abdominal/pelvic, dental or orthopedic surgeries
Intravenous ketorolac showed no clear difference in number of participants reporting any adverse event compared with another NSAID (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants experiencing any serious adverse events · adults (mean study ages 23 to 67 years) with acute postoperative pain after abdominal/pelvic, dental or orthopedic surgeries
Intravenous ketorolac showed no clear difference in number of participants experiencing a serious adverse event compared with another NSAID (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Relief of pain · adults (mean study ages 23 to 67 years) with acute postoperative pain after abdominal/pelvic, dental or orthopedic surgeries
Intravenous ketorolac may leads to higher number of participants with at least 50% pain relief over 6 hours compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Median (mean) time to use of rescue medication · adults (mean study ages 23 to 67 years) with acute postoperative pain after abdominal/pelvic, dental or orthopedic surgeries
1 finding from 1 review
Use of rescue medication · adults (mean study ages 23 to 67 years) with acute postoperative pain after abdominal/pelvic, dental or orthopedic surgeries
It is very uncertain whether intravenous ketorolac changes number of participants using rescue medication over 4 or 6 hours… compared with placebo (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants reporting an adverse event · adults (mean study ages 23 to 67 years) with acute postoperative pain after abdominal/pelvic, dental or orthopedic surgeries
Intravenous ketorolac showed no clear difference in number of participants reporting any adverse event compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants experiencing any serious adverse events · adults (mean study ages 23 to 67 years) with acute postoperative pain after abdominal/pelvic, dental or orthopedic surgeries
Intravenous ketorolac showed no clear difference in number of participants experiencing a serious adverse event compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Participant‐reported pain relief of 50% or greater · adults (mean study ages 23 to 67 years) with acute postoperative pain after abdominal/pelvic, dental or orthopedic surgeries
Intravenous ketorolac showed no clear difference in number of participants with at least 50% pain relief over 4 hours compared with another NSAID (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Relief of pain · adults (mean study ages 23 to 67 years) with acute postoperative pain after abdominal/pelvic, dental or orthopedic surgeries
Intravenous ketorolac showed no clear difference in number of participants with at least 50% pain relief over 6 hours compared with another NSAID (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Median (mean) time to use of rescue medication · adults (mean study ages 23 to 67 years) with acute postoperative pain after abdominal/pelvic, dental or orthopedic surgeries
1 finding from 1 review
Wound infection · colorectal surgery
Combined oral and intravenous leads to lower surgical wound infection: oral + iv versus iv alone compared with oral or intravenous alone (high certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
At least 50% reduction in pain · Adults (mean study ages 25 to 55 years) with acute postoperative pain after dental, mixed minor, abdominal, or orthopedic surgeries
Intravenous diclofenac may leads to higher number of participants with at least 50% pain relief at 4 hours compared with placebo (low certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
Number of participants using rescue medication over 4 to 6 hours postinterventions · Adults (mean study ages 25 to 55 years) with acute postoperative pain after dental, mixed minor, abdominal, or orthopedic surgeries
It is very uncertain whether intravenous diclofenac changes number of participants using rescue medication over 4 to 6 hours… compared with another NSAID (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants reporting an adverse event · Adults (mean study ages 25 to 55 years) with acute postoperative pain after dental, mixed minor, abdominal, or orthopedic surgeries
Intravenous diclofenac showed no clear difference in number of participants reporting any adverse event compared with another NSAID (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants experiencing any serious adverse events · Adults (mean study ages 25 to 55 years) with acute postoperative pain after dental, mixed minor, abdominal, or orthopedic surgeries
Intravenous diclofenac showed no clear difference in number of participants experiencing a serious adverse event compared with another NSAID (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Median (mean) time to use of rescue medication · Adults (mean study ages 25 to 55 years) with acute postoperative pain after dental, mixed minor, abdominal, or orthopedic surgeries
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants using rescue medication over 4 to 6 hours postinterventions · Adults (mean study ages 25 to 55 years) with acute postoperative pain after dental, mixed minor, abdominal, or orthopedic surgeries
Intravenous diclofenac may leads to lower number of participants using rescue medication over 4 to 6 hours… compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants reporting an adverse event · Adults (mean study ages 25 to 55 years) with acute postoperative pain after dental, mixed minor, abdominal, or orthopedic surgeries
Intravenous diclofenac showed no clear difference in number of participants reporting any adverse event compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants experiencing any serious adverse events · Adults (mean study ages 25 to 55 years) with acute postoperative pain after dental, mixed minor, abdominal, or orthopedic surgeries
Intravenous diclofenac showed no clear difference in number of participants experiencing a serious adverse event compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review