Cochrane · systematic review · CD007082
Early versus late removal of the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) for general anaesthesia
Mathew, PJ, Mathew, JL · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · 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
4
current version
GRADE rated
4
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 2 · 50%Low 2 · 50%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
Early removal of the LMA versus late removal of the LMA after general anaesthesia
Population: patients with general anaesthesia
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Laryngospasm (immediate) Early removal of the LMA vs late removal of the LMA after general anaesthesia | RR 1.23 [0.74, 2.03] | 11 studies · 1615 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Desaturation (immediate) Early removal of the LMA vs late removal of the LMA after general anaesthesia | RR 0.68 [0.4, 1.16] | 13 studies · 2037 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Airway obstruction (immediate) Early removal of the LMA vs late removal of the LMA after general anaesthesia | RR 2.69 [1.32, 5.5] | 8 studies · 1313 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Coughing (immediate) Early removal of the LMA vs late removal of the LMA after general anaesthesia | RR 0.52 [0.29, 0.94] | 11 studies · 1430 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |