Cochrane · systematic review · CD009570
Buflomedil for acute ischaemic stroke
Wu, S, Zeng, Q, Liu, M, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library
StrokeAMSTAR 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
5
current version
GRADE rated
5
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 5 · 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: patients with acute ischaemic stroke
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Long‐term death or disability ( | OR 0.71 [0.53, 0.94] | 1 study · 200 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Short‐term death ( | 0.45 [0.14, 1.46] | 4 studies · 731 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias |
Short‐term disability assessed by the Barthel Index ( | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 85 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias |
Severity of neurological deficits assessed by stroke scales for neurological deficits ( | no estimate extracted | 7 studies · 745 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias |
Clinical improvement assessed by the China Stroke Scale ( | 1.19 [1.14, 1.25] | 20 studies · 2374 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias |