Cochrane · systematic review · CD011098

Pulmonary artery perfusion versus no perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass for open heart surgery in adults

Buggeskov, KB, Grønlykke, L, Risom, EC, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2018 · 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
3
No studies
1
Included studies
NR
No studies 1 · 25%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 3 · 75%Low 0 · 0%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

Pulmonary artery perfusion with blood versus no perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass for open heart surgery in adults

Population: adult surgical patients with the need for cardiopulmonary bypass‐dependent heart surgery
4 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
All‐cause mortality within longest
Pulmonary artery perfusion with blood vs no perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass
Peto OR 1.78 [0.43, 7.4]4 studies · 210 participantsVery low
Downgraded: imprecision
Number of participants with pulmonary events within longest
Pulmonary artery perfusion with blood vs no perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Participants with ≥ 1SAE within longest
Pulmonary artery perfusion with blood vs no perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass
RR 1.12 [0.66, 1.89]3 studies · 180 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness
Last measured PaO2/FiO2 ratio (mmHg) in all trials, irrespective of overall risk of bias
Pulmonary artery perfusion with blood vs no perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass
no estimate extracted3 studies · 119 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness