ArticlePerioperative medicine (London, England)2021
The efficacy and safety of antimuscarinics for the prevention or treatment of catheter-related bladder discomfort: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Article in Perioperative medicine (London, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06399185 (Effect of Dexmedetomidine and Esketamine on Catheter-related Bladder Discomfort in Patients Undergoing Transurethral Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effect of Dexmedetomidine and Esketamine on Catheter-related Bladder Discomfort in Patients Undergoing Transurethral Surgery: a 2 x 2 Factorial Randomized Trial
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- The systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the efficacy and safety of nefopam for catheter-related bladder discomfort based on randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Pooled it
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- Pre-emptive role of oral melatonin in prevention of catheter-related bladder discomfort (CRBD) in patients undergoing transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) surgery: A randomised controlled study.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2025Article
- A Multicenter, Randomized, Single-Blind Trial Evaluating a Multi-Porous Urethral Catheter with Continuous Local Ropivacaine Infusion for the Reduction of Postoperative Catheter-Related Bladder Discomfort.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of antimuscarinics for the prevention or treatment of catheter related bladder discomfort (CRBD).
methodsThe MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (from 1987 to July 2021) were used to search randomized controlled trials. The PRISMA checklists were followed. RevMan5.4.0 was used for statistical analysis.
resultsEleven studies involving 1165 patients were involved in the analysis. The study reported that the incidence of CRBD observed in the antimuscarinics group was significantly lower than that of the control group at 0-, 1-, 2-, and 6-h after drug therapy (P = 0.001, P < 0.0001, P = 0.0005, and P = 0.001, respectively). For side effects, there were not statistical differences between the antimuscarinics group and the control group, mainly including dry mouth (risk ratio (RR) = 1.31, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.95 to 1.80, P = 0.09), postoperative nausea and vomiting (RR = 1.02, 95% CI = 0.55 to 1.90, P = 0.87), facial flushing (RR = 1.06, 95% CI = 0.43 to 2.61, P = 0.90), and blurred vision (RR = 0.95, 95% CI = 0.35 to 2.58, P = 0.91). Besides, rescue analgesics were required less in the antimuscarinics group than in the control group (RR = 0.51, 95% CI = 0.32 to 0.80, P = 0.003).
conclusionsCompared with the control group, the antimuscarinics group had a significant improvement on CRBD, the patients were well tolerated and the use rate of rescue analgesics was low.
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