Cochrane · systematic review · CD006058
Incentive spirometry for prevention of postoperative pulmonary complications in upper abdominal surgery
do Nascimento Junior, P, Módolo, NSP, Andrade, S, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2014 · Cochrane Library
AnaesthesiaAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
3
current version
GRADE rated
3
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 3 · 100%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
Comparison
Population: postoperative pulmonary complications in upper abdominal surgery
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Pulmonary complications | RR 0.83 [0.51, 1.34] | 2 studies · 946 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Respiratory failure | RR 0.67 [0.04, 10.5] | 2 studies · 194 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Clinical complications | RR 0.59 [0.3, 1.18] | 4 studies · 152 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |