Table 3 Outcomes investigated by anesthesia multicentre randomized controlled trials (n = 445)
From: Mapping multicenter randomized controlled trials in anesthesiology: a scoping review
Outcome category | Number of studies | Number of patients |
|---|---|---|
Blood clot/bleeding | 73 | 60 969 |
Cardiovascular | 131 | 276 808 |
Functional status | 272 | 95 202 |
Gastrointestinal | 38 | 47 996 |
Hematological | 57 | 67 258 |
Infection | 102 | 141 554 |
Injury or damage to tissue or organ | 28 | 24 325 |
Length of stay | 142 | 283 463 |
Mortality | 153 | 412 416 |
Neurological | 55 | 130 369 |
Patient experience | 168 | 83 598 |
Psychiatric-related outcome | 29 | 27 570 |
Pulmonary | 92 | 208 132 |
Renal | 60 | 67 354 |
Wound | 26 | 30 224 |
Other | 166 | 261 629 |