Adverse events Grade 3 oesophagitis, diarrhoea and nausea · adults with metastatic extradural spinal cord compression (poor prognosis, no spinal instability or bony impingement of cord)
Split‐course radiotherapy (8 fractions, 30 Gy) showed no clear difference in adverse events Grade 3 oesophagitis, diarrhoea, and nausea compared with short‐course radiotherapy (2 fractions, 16 Gy) (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Quality of life · adults with metastatic extradural spinal cord compression (poor prognosis, no spinal instability or bony impingement of cord)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Survival · adults with metastatic extradural spinal cord compression (poor prognosis with visceral metastasis, and no spinal instability or bony…
1 finding from 1 review
Reduction in analgesic and narcotic use One month after radiation · adults with metastatic extradural spinal cord compression (poor prognosis with visceral metastasis, and no spinal instability or bony…
Single‐fraction radiotherapy (8 Gy) showed no clear difference in reduction in analgesic and narcotic use One month after radiation compared with short‐course radiotherapy (16 Gy (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Urinary continence One month after radiation · adults with metastatic extradural spinal cord compression (poor prognosis with visceral metastasis, and no spinal instability or bony…
Single‐fraction radiotherapy (8 Gy) showed no clear difference in urinary continence One month after radiation compared with short‐course radiotherapy (16 Gy (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Local recurrence · adults with metastatic extradural spinal cord compression (poor prognosis with visceral metastasis, and no spinal instability or bony…
Single‐fraction radiotherapy (8 Gy) showed no clear difference in local recurrence MRI: compared with short‐course radiotherapy (16 Gy (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events Grade 3 oesophagitis, diarrhoea and nausea · adults with metastatic extradural spinal cord compression (poor prognosis with visceral metastasis, and no spinal instability or bony…
Single‐fraction radiotherapy (8 Gy) showed no clear difference in adverse events Grade 3 oesophagitis, diarrhoea and nausea compared with short‐course radiotherapy (16 Gy (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Quality of life · adults with metastatic extradural spinal cord compression (poor prognosis with visceral metastasis, and no spinal instability or bony…
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Ambulation · adults with metastatic extradural spinal cord compression (poor prognosis, no spinal instability or bony impingement of cord)
Split‐course radiotherapy (8 fractions, 30 Gy) showed no clear difference in ambulation One month after treatment compared with short‐course radiotherapy (2 fractions, 16 Gy) (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Survival · adults with metastatic extradural spinal cord compression (poor prognosis, no spinal instability or bony impingement of cord)
1 finding from 1 review
Ongoing pregnancy / live birth rate per woman · women undergoing pituitary suppression in assisted reproduction
Long protocol showed no clear difference in live birth or ongoing pregnancies per woman randomised compared with short protocol (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical pregnancy rate · women undergoing pituitary suppression in assisted reproduction
Long protocol probably leads to higher clinical pregnancies per woman randomised compared with short protocol (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Live birth or ongoing pregnancy · women undergoing pituitary suppression in assisted reproduction
Long protocol showed no clear difference in live birth and ongoing pregnancies per woman randomised compared with ultrashort protocol (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical pregnancy rate · women undergoing pituitary suppression in assisted reproduction
Long protocol showed no clear difference in clinical pregnancies per woman randomised compared with ultrashort protocol (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Death from any cause · patients requiring blood transfusion (children with malaria and adults with a traumatic injury)
It is very uncertain whether long‐stored ('older') PRBC (≥ 21 days of storage) changes death from any cause compared with short‐stored (fresh) PRBC (< 21 days of storage) (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Transfusion‐related acute lung injury ‐ not measured · patients requiring blood transfusion (children with malaria and adults with a traumatic injury)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Postoperative infections ‐ not measured · patients requiring blood transfusion (children with malaria and adults with a traumatic injury)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Post‐injury coagulopathy ‐ not measured · patients requiring blood transfusion (children with malaria and adults with a traumatic injury)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Multiple organ failure post‐injury ‐ not measured · patients requiring blood transfusion (children with malaria and adults with a traumatic injury)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Adverse event (Hyperkalaemia) ‐ not measured · patients requiring blood transfusion (children with malaria and adults with a traumatic injury)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found