Can intravenous steroid administration reduce postoperative pain scores following total knee arthroplasty?: A meta-analysis.
Medicine (Baltimore)
; 96(24): e7134, 2017 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was to evaluate whether intravenous steroids would result in reduced acute pain and postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) among patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA).METHODS:
Electronic databases, including PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library, were searched to identify articles published from database inception to July 2016. RCTs that compared the effects of intravenous steroids with the effects of placebo among patients undergoing TKA were included in this meta-analysis. The primary outcomes were visual analogue scale (VAS) scores after 12, 24, and 48âhours of rest and PONV incidence. The secondary outcomes were blood glucose levels and incidence of infection. We calculated the risk ratio (RR) with its corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI) for dichotomous outcomes and the mean difference (MD) with its corresponding 95% CI for continuous outcomes.RESULTS:
Seven clinical trials involving 434 patients were included in the final meta-analysis. The pooled results indicated that intravenous steroids were associated with decreased VAS scores after 24âhours (MDâ=â-10.21, 95%CIâ=â-18.80 to -1.63, Pâ=â.020) and 48âhours (MDâ=â-2.60, 95%CIâ=â-4.70 to -0.50, Pâ=â.015) of rest. Moreover, intravenous steroids were also associated with decreased risk of nausea (RRâ=â0.58, 95% CI 0.44-0.77, Pâ=â.000) and vomiting (RRâ=â0.46, 95% CIâ=â0.24-0.88, Pâ=â.019). However, intravenous steroids were also associated with increased blood glucose levels. No significant difference in the risk of infection was identified between the 2 groups.CONCLUSION:
Intravenous steroids may be associated with decreased pain intensity and decreased risk of nausea and vomiting during the early period following TKA. However, evidence supporting its use is limited by the low quality of and variations in dosing regimens between the included RCTs. Thus, more high-quality RCTs are needed to identify the optimal drug administration intervals for maximal pain control.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Dolor Postoperatorio
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Esteroides
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Artroplastia de Reemplazo de Rodilla
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Analgésicos
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Prognostic_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Medicine (Baltimore)
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
China