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Epidural therapy for the treatment of severe pre-eclampsia in non labouring women.
CONCLUSIONS: Currently, there is insufficient evidence from randomised controlled trials to evaluate the effectiveness, safety or cost of using epidural therapy for treating severe pre-eclampsia in non-labouring women.High-quality randomised controlled trials are needed to evaluate the use of epidural agents as therapy for treatment of severe pre-eclampsia. The rationale for the use of epidural is well-founded. However there is insufficient evidence from randomised controlled trials to show that the effect of epidural translates into improved maternal and fetal outcomes. Thus, there is a need for larger, well-designed stud...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - November 28, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ray A, Ray S Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research

Neuraxial anaesthesia for lower-limb revascularization.
CONCLUSIONS: Available evidence from included trials that compared neuraxial anaesthesia with general anaesthesia was insufficient to rule out clinically important differences for most clinical outcomes. Neuraxial anaesthesia may reduce pneumonia. No conclusions can be drawn with regard to mortality, myocardial infarction and rate of lower-limb amputation, or less common outcomes. PMID: 23897485 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - August 3, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Barbosa FT, Jucá MJ, Castro AA, Cavalcante JC Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research