Cochrane · systematic review · CD010467

Intravenous versus inhalational techniques for rapid emergence from anaesthesia in patients undergoing brain tumour surgery

Prabhakar, H, Singh, GP, Mahajan, C, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2016 · 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
6
current version
GRADE rated
6
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 6 · 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

Propofol versus sevoflurane for rapid emergence from anaesthesia in patients undergoing brain tumour surgery

Population: patients with rapid emergence from anaesthesia after undergoing brain tumour surgery
6 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Emergence from anaesthesia, minutes
Propofol vs sevoflurane
no estimate extracted4 studies · 384 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Adverse event ‐ haemodynamic changes, number of events
Propofol vs sevoflurane
RR 1.85 [1.07, 3.17]2 studies · 282 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Adverse event ‐ nausea and vomiting, number of events
Propofol vs sevoflurane
RR 0.68 [0.51, 0.91]6 studies · 952 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Adverse event ‐ shivering, number of events
Propofol vs sevoflurane
RR 1.33 [0.88, 1.99]5 studies · 902 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Adverse event ‐ pain, visual analogue scale
Propofol vs sevoflurane
RR 0.9 [0.71, 1.14]5 studies · 908 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Brain relaxation, scales or grades
Propofol vs sevoflurane
RR 0.88 [0.67, 1.17]5 studies · 867 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision