Cochrane · systematic review · CD012767

Perioperative restrictive versus goal‐directed fluid therapy for adults undergoing major non‐cardiac surgery

Wrzosek, A, Jakowicka‐Wordliczek, J, Zajaczkowska, R, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2019 · 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
7
current version
GRADE rated
7
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 7 · 100%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

Perioperative restrictive fluid therapy compared with goal‐directed fluid therapy for adults undergoing major non‐cardiac surgery

Population: adults receiving intravenous fluids while undergoing major non‐cardiac surgery
7 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Major complications (during longest
Perioperative restrictive fluid therapy vs goal‐directed fluid therapy
RR 1.61 [0.78, 3.34]5 studies · 484 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness
All‐cause mortality (during longest
Perioperative restrictive fluid therapy vs goal‐directed fluid therapy
RD 0.03 [0, 0.06]6 studies · 544 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness
Length of hospital stay (days)
Perioperative restrictive fluid therapy vs goal‐directed fluid therapy
no estimate extracted5 studies · 464 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness
Surgery‐related complications (during longest
Perioperative restrictive fluid therapy vs goal‐directed fluid therapy
RR 1.54 [0.87, 2.72]4 studies · 364 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness
Non‐surgery‐related complications (during longest
Perioperative restrictive fluid therapy vs goal‐directed fluid therapy
RR 1 [0.52, 1.93]1 study · 74 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness
Renal failure (during longest
Perioperative restrictive fluid therapy vs goal‐directed fluid therapy
RR 1.38 [0.57, 3.36]4 studies · 410 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness
Quality of surgical recovery assessed in any way (e.g. as a surgical recovery score) (during longest
Perioperative restrictive fluid therapy vs goal‐directed fluid therapy
no estimate extracted1 study · 74 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness