Intervention not reported
Pneumonia · adult patients 18 years and above undergoing standard general anaesthesia
The intervention showed no clear difference in pneumonia (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Pulmonary atelectasis · adult patients 18 years and above undergoing standard general anaesthesia
The intervention leads to higher pulmonary atelectasis (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Myocardial infarction · adult patients 18 years and above undergoing standard general anaesthesia
The intervention showed no clear difference in myocardial infarction (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Stroke · adult patients 18 years and above undergoing standard general anaesthesia
The intervention showed no clear difference in stroke (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Severe nausea and vomiting · adult patients 18 years and above undergoing standard general anaesthesia
The intervention showed no clear difference in severe nausea and vomiting (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Length of hospital stay · adult patients 18 years and above undergoing standard general anaesthesia
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Venous thromboembolism · adult patients 18 years and above undergoing standard general anaesthesia
The intervention showed no clear difference in venous thromboembolism (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Wound infection rate · adult patients 18 years and above undergoing standard general anaesthesia
The intervention showed no clear difference in wound infection rate (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Shivering · people with surgical requirement for general anaesthesia
It is very uncertain whether alpha‐2 adrenergic agonist changes shivering compared with placebo/control (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Incidence of core hypothermia ‐ not measured · people with surgical requirement for general anaesthesia
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Participant satisfaction/experience of shivering ‐ not measured · people with surgical requirement for general anaesthesia
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Mortality at 1 year (or more) · patients with neuromuscular and chest wall disorders and chronic hypoventilation
It is very uncertain whether nocturnal ventilation changes mortality at 1 year (or more) compared with no ventilation (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Unplanned admission to hospital · patients with neuromuscular and chest wall disorders and chronic hypoventilation
It is very uncertain whether nocturnal ventilation changes unplanned admission to hospital compared with no ventilation (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
No improvement of hypoventilation symptoms: long‐term · patients with neuromuscular and chest wall disorders and chronic hypoventilation
It is very uncertain whether nocturnal ventilation changes no improvement of hypoventilation symptoms: long‐term compared with no ventilation (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
No improvement of daytime hypercapnia: long‐term · patients with neuromuscular and chest wall disorders and chronic hypoventilation
It is very uncertain whether nocturnal ventilation changes no improvement of daytime hypercapnia: long‐term compared with no ventilation (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Mortality at 1 year (or more) Not measured ‐ data reported for mortality at 3 months · patients with neuromuscular and chest wall disorders and chronic hypoventilation
It is very uncertain whether volume‐cycled ventilation changes mortality at 1 year (or more) Not measured ‐ data reported for… compared with pressure‐cycled ventilation (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Unplanned admission to hospital · patients with neuromuscular and chest wall disorders and chronic hypoventilation
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
No improvement of hypoventilation symptoms: long‐term ‐ not measured · patients with neuromuscular and chest wall disorders and chronic hypoventilation
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
No improvement of daytime hypercapnia: long‐term ‐ not measured · patients with neuromuscular and chest wall disorders and chronic hypoventilation
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Emergence agitation—Propofol induction and maintenance · patients with emergence agitation
Other GA/adjunct leads to lower emergence agitation—Propofol induction and maintenance compared with sevoflurane anaesthesia (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review