Incidence of pain with lidocaine pretreatment Pain scales · adults and children undergoing general anaesthesia including the muscle relaxant rocuronium bromide
Lidocaine may leads to lower pain ‐ lidocaine compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of anaesthesiaTime perioda · patients with digital nerve blocks
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse outcomes · patients with digital nerve blocks
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Cost analysis · patients with digital nerve blocks
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Duration of postoperative pain relief · patients with digital nerve blocks
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Bleeding during surgerySubjective assessmentd · patients with digital nerve blocks
Lidocaine may leads to lower bleeding during surgerySubjective assessmentd compared with lidocaine with adrenaline (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events (e.g. the number of participants that died, or had arrhythmias, other heart rate disorders, or showed any signs of lidocaine toxicity) · adults undergoing surgery with general anaesthesia
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Very low
Adverse events (e.g. the number of participants that died, or had arrhythmias, other heart rate disorders, or showed any signs of lidocaine toxicity) · adults undergoing surgery with general anaesthesia
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Very low
Sore throat · patients presenting with postoperative sore throat
lidocaine may leads to lower risk of sore throat 12 hours to 30 hours after the operation compared with control (air/saline) (low certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
Injection site pain · Patients requiring local anaesthesia
1 finding from 1 review
Personal preference · Patients requiring local anaesthesia
Plain lidocaine leads to higher preference compared with buffered lidocaine (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events · Patients requiring local anaesthesia
1 finding from 1 review
Presence of any TNS –lidocaine vs bupivacaine · adults undergoing surgery
Risk of transient neurological symptoms with spinal lidocaine probably leads to lower presence of any TNS –lidocaine vs bupivacaine compared with other local anaesthetic (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Presence of any TNS – lidocaine vs 2‐chloroprocaine · adults undergoing surgery
Risk of transient neurological symptoms with spinal lidocaine showed no clear difference in presence of any TNS – lidocaine vs 2‐chloroprocaine compared with other local anaesthetic (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Presence of any TNS – lidocaine vs levobupivacaine · adults undergoing surgery
Risk of transient neurological symptoms with spinal lidocaine may leads to lower presence of any TNS – lidocaine vs levobupivacaine compared with other local anaesthetic (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Presence of any TNS – lidocaine vs mepivacaine · adults undergoing surgery
It is very uncertain whether risk of transient neurological symptoms with spinal lidocaine changes presence of any TNS – lidocaine vs mepivacaine compared with other local anaesthetic (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Presence of any TNS – lidocaine vs prilocaine · adults undergoing surgery
Risk of transient neurological symptoms with spinal lidocaine probably leads to lower presence of any TNS – lidocaine vs prilocaine compared with other local anaesthetic (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Presence of any TNS – lidocaine vs procaine · adults undergoing surgery
Risk of transient neurological symptoms with spinal lidocaine probably leads to lower presence of any TNS – lidocaine vs procaine compared with other local anaesthetic (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Presence of any TNS – lidocaine vs ropivacaine · adults undergoing surgery
Risk of transient neurological symptoms with spinal lidocaine may leads to lower presence of any TNS – lidocaine vs ropivacaine compared with other local anaesthetic (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Patient‐reported pain intensity or pain relief (VAS, NRS or categorical scale) · adults undergoing surgery with general anaesthesia
1 finding from 1 review