Comparison of regional anesthetic techniques for postoperative analgesia after adult cardiac surgery: bayesian network meta-analysis

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients usually suffer acute pain after cardiac surgery. Numerous regional anesthetic techniques have been used for those patients under general anesthesia. The most effective regional anesthetic technique was still unclear.

Methods

Five databases were searched, including PubMed, MEDLINE, Embase, ClinicalTrials.gov, and Cochrane Library. The efficiency outcomes were pain scores, cumulative morphine consumption, and the need for rescue analgesia in this Bayesian analysis. Postoperative nausea, vomiting and pruritus were safety outcomes. Functional outcomes included the time to tracheal extubation, ICU stay, hospital stay, and mortality.

Results

This meta-analysis included 65 randomized controlled trials involving 5,013 patients. Eight regional anesthet

SUBMITTER: Zhou K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10239891 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature