Cochrane · systematic review · CD003843

Bispectral index for improving intraoperative awareness and early postoperative recovery in adults

Lewis, SR, Pritchard, MW, Fawcett, LJ, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2019 · Cochrane Library

Anaesthesia3 versionsAMSTAR 2: not assessed
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Questions
8
current version
GRADE rated
6
No studies
2
Included studies
NR
No studies 2 · 25%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 6 · 75%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

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Bispectral index compared to clinical signs for improving intraoperative awareness and early postoperative recovery

Population: adults undergoing any type of surgery under general anaesthesia; types of anaesthesia included propofol, desflurane, isoflurane, and sevoflurane; people were either selected for being at high risk of intraoperative awareness, were unselected, or study authors did not report risk of awareness in the included participants
4 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Occurrence of intraoperative awareness Time points of measure after surgery: 2 to 6 hours;12 hours; 1 day; 2 days; 3 days; 14 days; 30 days; or time point was not reported Measurement tools: simple questioning; interviews; or structured questionna...
Bispectral index vs clinical signs
Peto OR 0.36 [0.21, 0.6]27 studies · 9765 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Time to eye opening (in minutes)
Bispectral index vs clinical signs
no estimate extracted22 studies · 1494 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Time to orientation (in minutes)
Bispectral index vs clinical signs
no estimate extracted6 studies · 273 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Time to discharge from the PACU (in minutes)
Bispectral index vs clinical signs
no estimate extracted13 studies · 930 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency

BIS compared to ETAG for improving intraoperative awareness and early postoperative recovery

Population: adults undergoing any type of surgery under general anaesthesia; types of anaesthesia included propofol, desflurane, isoflurane, and sevoflurane; people were either selected for being at high risk of intraoperative awareness, were unselected, or study authors did not report risk of awareness in the included participants
4 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Occurrence of intraoperative awareness Time points of measure after surgery: 24 hours; 24 to 72 hours; 72 hours; 30 days; 18 hours after extubation in the ICU Measurement tools: structured interviews; or structured questionnaire
BIS vs ETAG
Peto OR 1.13 [0.56, 2.26]5 studies · 26572 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Time to eye opening
BIS vs ETAG
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Time to orientation
BIS vs ETAG
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Time to discharge from the PACU (in minutes)
BIS vs ETAG
no estimate extracted1 study · 15452 participantsLow
Downgraded: imprecision