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. 2013 Oct 23;2013(10):CD007550. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007550.pub3

for the main comparison.

Dexibuprofen compared with placebo for acute postoperative pain
Patient or population: Adults with moderate or severe acute postoperative pain
Settings: Community or hospital
Intervention: Dexibuprofen 200 mg or 400 mg
Comparison: Placebo
Outcomes Probable outcome with NNT or NNH and/or relative effect
(95% CI)
No of studies, attacks, events Quality of the evidence
(GRADE)
Comments
comparator intervention
At least 50% of maximum pain relief over 4 to 6 hours Insufficent data Very low Quality of evidence very low because of small numbers of studies and participants
Participants with at least 1 adverse event No data Very low
Participants with a serious adverse event No serious adverse events Very low
Deaths No deaths Very low
GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
 High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect.
 Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate.
 Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate.
 Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate.