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94 questions · 102 findings · 12 reviews · Vascular

No studies found 16 · 15.7%GRADE not reported 1 · 1%Very low 17 · 16.7%Low 32 · 31.4%Moderate 27 · 26.5%High 9 · 8.8%

Endovascular revascularisation plus conservative therapy vs conservative therapy

Secondary invasive interventions · intermittent claudication

Endovascular revascularisation plus conservative therapy leads to lower secondary invasive interventions compared with conservative therapy alone (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Endovascular revascularisation vs conservative therapy

Maximum walking distance · intermittent claudication
2 findings from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Pain‐free walking distance (m) · adults with intermittent claudication
1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Maximum walking distance (m) · adults with intermittent claudication
1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Ankle brachial index · adults with intermittent claudication
1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Mortality: all‐cause deaths · adults with intermittent claudication

The intervention showed no clear difference in mortality: all‐cause deaths (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Amputation · adults with intermittent claudication

The intervention showed no clear difference in amputation (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Quality of Life SF‐36 Physical Summary score (scale 0 to 100, higher score indicates better quality of life) · adults with intermittent claudication
1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Quality of Life SF‐36 Mental Summary score (scale 0 to 100, higher score indicates better quality of life) · adults with intermittent claudication
1 finding from 1 review

Padma 28 vs placebo

Adverse effects · people with symptomatic intermittent claudication

It is very uncertain whether padma 28 changes adverse effects compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

IPC plus pharmacological prophylaxis vs IPC alone

Incidence of PEa (early postoperative period) · people undergoing surgery or at risk of developing VTE because of surgery, trauma or ICU stay

IPC plus pharmacological prophylaxis may leads to lower incidence of PEa (early postoperative period) compared with IPC alone (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review