Perioperative oxygen therapy: a protocol for an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oxygen is routinely given to patients during and after surgery. Perioperative oxygen administration has been proposed as a potential strategy to prevent and treat hypoxaemia and reduce complications, such as surgical site infections, pulmonary complications and mortality. However, uncertainty exists as to which strategies in terms of amount, delivery devices and timing are clinically effective. The aim of this overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses is to answer the research question, 'For which types of surgery, at which stages of care, in which sub-groups of patients and delivered under what conditions are different types of perioperative oxygen therapy clinically effective?'.

Methods

We will search key electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochran

SUBMITTER: Elfeky A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277880 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature