Wound closure time (minutes) · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
1 finding from 1 review
Costs · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
Subcuticular sutures showed no clear difference in cost compared with surgical zippers (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Cosmesis of scar · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
1 finding from 1 review
Patient satisfaction (at 30 days) · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
Subcuticular sutures probably leads to higher patient satisfaction (at 30 days) compared with transdermal sutures (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Wound closure time (minutes) · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
Subcuticular sutures probably leads to higher wound closure time (minutes) compared with transdermal sutures (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Costs · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
Subcuticular sutures showed no clear difference in cost compared with transdermal sutures (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Surgical site infection · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
Subcuticular sutures showed no clear difference in surgical site infection Incidence of wound infection compared with skin staples (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Wound complications · skin closure in non‐obstetric surgery
Subcuticular sutures probably leads to lower wound complications Incidence of wound complications compared with skin staples (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Blood transfusion · adult participants, irrespective of gender and type of non‐cardiac surgery, with mild or severe preoperative anaemia
rHuEPO with iron probably leads to lower transfusion (measured in participants during or up to 5 days after… compared with control treatment with or without iron (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of RBC units transfused per participant (intraoperative to 5 days postoperative) · adult participants, irrespective of gender and type of non‐cardiac surgery, with mild or severe preoperative anaemia
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events (number of participants with any adverse event) · adult participants, irrespective of gender and type of non‐cardiac surgery, with mild or severe preoperative anaemia
rHuEPO with iron showed no clear difference in adverse events (number of participants with any adverse event) compared with control treatment with or without iron (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Length of hospital stay · adult participants, irrespective of gender and type of non‐cardiac surgery, with mild or severe preoperative anaemia
1 finding from 1 review
In‐hospital postoperative mortality · Children having heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Glucocorticoid showed no clear difference in in‐hospital postoperative mortality compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of postoperative mechanical ventilation · Children having heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
1 finding from 1 review
Length of postoperative ICU stay · Children having heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
1 finding from 1 review
Length of postoperative hospital stay · Children having heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
1 finding from 1 review
Mortality within the longest · Children having heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Glucocorticoid showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality at longest compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Cardiovascular mortality · Children having heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Glucocorticoid showed no clear difference in cardiovascular mortality at longest compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Failure to separate from CPB · Children having heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Glucocorticoid showed no clear difference in failure to separate from CPB compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Subgroup 1: Length of hospital stay (days) distal to ligament of Treitz · lower gastrointestinal surgery
1 finding from 1 review