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Funnel plot of comparison: Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery (outcome: all‐cause mortality).
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Funnel plot of comparison: Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery (outcome: all‐cause mortality).

Funnel plot of comparison: Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery (outcome: cardiac mortality).
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Funnel plot of comparison: Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery (outcome: cardiac mortality).

Funnel plot of comparison: Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery (outcome: myocardial infarction).
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Funnel plot of comparison: Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery (outcome: myocardial infarction).

Funnel plot of comparison: Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery (outcome: myocardial ischaemia).
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Funnel plot of comparison: Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery (outcome: myocardial ischaemia).

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 1 All‐Cause Mortality.
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Analysis 1.1

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 1 All‐Cause Mortality.

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 2 Cardiac Mortality.
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Analysis 1.2

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 2 Cardiac Mortality.

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 3 Myocardial Infarction.
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Analysis 1.3

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 3 Myocardial Infarction.

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 4 Myocardial Ischaemia.
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Analysis 1.4

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 4 Myocardial Ischaemia.

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 5 Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmia.
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Analysis 1.5

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 5 Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmia.

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 6 Congestive Heart Failure.
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Analysis 1.6

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 6 Congestive Heart Failure.

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 7 Hypotension.
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Analysis 1.7

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 7 Hypotension.

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 8 Bradycardia.
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Analysis 1.8

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 8 Bradycardia.

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 9 Acute Stroke.
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Analysis 1.9

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 9 Acute Stroke.

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 10 Preoperative Beta‐Blocker Use.
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Analysis 1.10

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 10 Preoperative Beta‐Blocker Use.

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 11 Preoperative Calcium Channel Blocker Use.
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Analysis 1.11

Comparison 1 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, Outcome 11 Preoperative Calcium Channel Blocker Use.

Comparison 2 Alpha‐2 agonist (stratified by drug) versus control in all surgery, Outcome 1 All‐Cause Mortality.
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Analysis 2.1

Comparison 2 Alpha‐2 agonist (stratified by drug) versus control in all surgery, Outcome 1 All‐Cause Mortality.

Comparison 2 Alpha‐2 agonist (stratified by drug) versus control in all surgery, Outcome 2 Cardiac Mortality.
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Analysis 2.2

Comparison 2 Alpha‐2 agonist (stratified by drug) versus control in all surgery, Outcome 2 Cardiac Mortality.

Comparison 2 Alpha‐2 agonist (stratified by drug) versus control in all surgery, Outcome 3 Myocardial Infarction.
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Analysis 2.3

Comparison 2 Alpha‐2 agonist (stratified by drug) versus control in all surgery, Outcome 3 Myocardial Infarction.

Comparison 2 Alpha‐2 agonist (stratified by drug) versus control in all surgery, Outcome 4 Myocardial Ischaemia.
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Analysis 2.4

Comparison 2 Alpha‐2 agonist (stratified by drug) versus control in all surgery, Outcome 4 Myocardial Ischaemia.

Comparison 2 Alpha‐2 agonist (stratified by drug) versus control in all surgery, Outcome 5 Hypotension.
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Analysis 2.5

Comparison 2 Alpha‐2 agonist (stratified by drug) versus control in all surgery, Outcome 5 Hypotension.

Comparison 3 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in cardiac surgery, Outcome 1 All‐Cause Mortality.
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Analysis 3.1

Comparison 3 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in cardiac surgery, Outcome 1 All‐Cause Mortality.

Comparison 3 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in cardiac surgery, Outcome 2 Myocardial Infarction.
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Analysis 3.2

Comparison 3 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in cardiac surgery, Outcome 2 Myocardial Infarction.

Comparison 3 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in cardiac surgery, Outcome 3 Myocardial Ischaemia.
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Analysis 3.3

Comparison 3 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in cardiac surgery, Outcome 3 Myocardial Ischaemia.

Comparison 3 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in cardiac surgery, Outcome 4 Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmia.
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Analysis 3.4

Comparison 3 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in cardiac surgery, Outcome 4 Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmia.

Comparison 3 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in cardiac surgery, Outcome 5 Bradycardia.
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Analysis 3.5

Comparison 3 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in cardiac surgery, Outcome 5 Bradycardia.

Comparison 4 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐cardiac surgery, Outcome 1 All‐Cause Mortality.
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Analysis 4.1

Comparison 4 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐cardiac surgery, Outcome 1 All‐Cause Mortality.

Comparison 4 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐cardiac surgery, Outcome 2 Cardiac Mortality.
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Analysis 4.2

Comparison 4 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐cardiac surgery, Outcome 2 Cardiac Mortality.

Comparison 4 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐cardiac surgery, Outcome 3 Myocardial Infarction.
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Analysis 4.3

Comparison 4 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐cardiac surgery, Outcome 3 Myocardial Infarction.

Comparison 4 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐cardiac surgery, Outcome 4 Myocardial Ischaemia.
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Analysis 4.4

Comparison 4 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐cardiac surgery, Outcome 4 Myocardial Ischaemia.

Comparison 4 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐cardiac surgery, Outcome 5 Bradycardia.
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Analysis 4.5

Comparison 4 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐cardiac surgery, Outcome 5 Bradycardia.

Comparison 5 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in vascular surgery, Outcome 1 All‐Cause Mortality.
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Analysis 5.1

Comparison 5 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in vascular surgery, Outcome 1 All‐Cause Mortality.

Comparison 5 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in vascular surgery, Outcome 2 Cardiac Mortality.
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Analysis 5.2

Comparison 5 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in vascular surgery, Outcome 2 Cardiac Mortality.

Comparison 5 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in vascular surgery, Outcome 3 Myocardial Infarction.
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Analysis 5.3

Comparison 5 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in vascular surgery, Outcome 3 Myocardial Infarction.

Comparison 5 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in vascular surgery, Outcome 4 Myocardial Ischaemia.
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Analysis 5.4

Comparison 5 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in vascular surgery, Outcome 4 Myocardial Ischaemia.

Comparison 6 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐vascular, non‐cardiac surgery, Outcome 1 All‐Cause Mortality.
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Analysis 6.1

Comparison 6 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐vascular, non‐cardiac surgery, Outcome 1 All‐Cause Mortality.

Comparison 6 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐vascular, non‐cardiac surgery, Outcome 2 Myocardial Infarction.
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Analysis 6.2

Comparison 6 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐vascular, non‐cardiac surgery, Outcome 2 Myocardial Infarction.

Comparison 6 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐vascular, non‐cardiac surgery, Outcome 3 Myocardial Ischaemia.
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Analysis 6.3

Comparison 6 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐vascular, non‐cardiac surgery, Outcome 3 Myocardial Ischaemia.

Comparison 7 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in patients receiving epidural or spinal anaesthesia, Outcome 1 Myocardial infarction.
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Analysis 7.1

Comparison 7 Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in patients receiving epidural or spinal anaesthesia, Outcome 1 Myocardial infarction.

Comparison 8 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in studies with blinding and concealed allocation, Outcome 1 All‐Cause Mortality.
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Analysis 8.1

Comparison 8 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in studies with blinding and concealed allocation, Outcome 1 All‐Cause Mortality.

Comparison 8 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in studies with blinding and concealed allocation, Outcome 2 Myocardial Infarction.
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Analysis 8.2

Comparison 8 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in studies with blinding and concealed allocation, Outcome 2 Myocardial Infarction.

Comparison 8 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in studies with blinding and concealed allocation, Outcome 3 Myocardial Ischaemia.
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Analysis 8.3

Comparison 8 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in studies with blinding and concealed allocation, Outcome 3 Myocardial Ischaemia.

Comparison 9 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in studies that used strict definitions of myocardial infarction or ischaemia, Outcome 1 Myocardial Infarction.
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Analysis 9.1

Comparison 9 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in studies that used strict definitions of myocardial infarction or ischaemia, Outcome 1 Myocardial Infarction.

Comparison 9 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in studies that used strict definitions of myocardial infarction or ischaemia, Outcome 2 Myocardial Ischaemia.
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Analysis 9.2

Comparison 9 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in studies that used strict definitions of myocardial infarction or ischaemia, Outcome 2 Myocardial Ischaemia.

Comparison 10 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, excluding Oliver 1999, Outcome 1 All‐Cause Mortality.
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Analysis 10.1

Comparison 10 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, excluding Oliver 1999, Outcome 1 All‐Cause Mortality.

Comparison 10 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, excluding Oliver 1999, Outcome 2 Cardiac Mortality.
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Analysis 10.2

Comparison 10 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, excluding Oliver 1999, Outcome 2 Cardiac Mortality.

Comparison 10 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, excluding Oliver 1999, Outcome 3 Myocardial Infarction.
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Analysis 10.3

Comparison 10 Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, excluding Oliver 1999, Outcome 3 Myocardial Infarction.

Comparison 1. Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 All‐Cause Mortality Show forest plot

18

3828

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.66 [0.44, 0.98]

2 Cardiac Mortality Show forest plot

6

2590

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.53 [0.30, 0.95]

3 Myocardial Infarction Show forest plot

16

3603

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.85 [0.65, 1.10]

4 Myocardial Ischaemia Show forest plot

20

1650

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.68 [0.57, 0.81]

5 Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmia Show forest plot

8

1056

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.02 [0.65, 1.58]

6 Congestive Heart Failure Show forest plot

11

1203

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.74 [0.47, 1.19]

7 Hypotension Show forest plot

17

3600

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

1.32 [1.07, 1.62]

8 Bradycardia Show forest plot

18

3933

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

1.66 [1.14, 2.41]

9 Acute Stroke Show forest plot

5

713

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.68 [0.31, 1.52]

10 Preoperative Beta‐Blocker Use Show forest plot

17

3338

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.11 [1.01, 1.22]

11 Preoperative Calcium Channel Blocker Use Show forest plot

16

3293

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.96 [0.89, 1.03]

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Comparison 1. Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery
Comparison 2. Alpha‐2 agonist (stratified by drug) versus control in all surgery

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 All‐Cause Mortality Show forest plot

18

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

Subtotals only

1.1 Clonidine

8

848

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.34 [0.13, 0.94]

1.2 Dexmedetomidine

8

783

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.00 [0.40, 2.54]

1.3 Mivazerol

2

2197

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.69 [0.42, 1.15]

2 Cardiac Mortality Show forest plot

5

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

Subtotals only

2.1 Clonidine

3

363

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.75 [0.17, 3.37]

2.2 Mivazerol

2

2197

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.51 [0.27, 0.98]

3 Myocardial Infarction Show forest plot

16

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

Subtotals only

3.1 Clonidine

9

881

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.59 [0.26, 1.33]

3.2 Dexmedetomidine

5

525

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.68 [0.24, 1.87]

3.3 Mivazerol

2

2197

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.91 [0.68, 1.21]

4 Myocardial Ischaemia Show forest plot

19

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

Subtotals only

4.1 Clonidine

15

1077

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.62 [0.51, 0.76]

4.2 Dexmedetomidine

4

273

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.71 [0.48, 1.05]

5 Hypotension Show forest plot

17

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

Subtotals only

5.1 Clonidine

8

525

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

1.51 [1.11, 2.04]

5.2 Dexmedetomidine

7

878

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

1.57 [1.16, 2.12]

5.3 Mivazerol

2

2197

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

0.95 [0.82, 1.10]

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Comparison 2. Alpha‐2 agonist (stratified by drug) versus control in all surgery
Comparison 3. Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in cardiac surgery

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 All‐Cause Mortality Show forest plot

7

546

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.70 [0.21, 2.31]

2 Myocardial Infarction Show forest plot

8

776

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.01 [0.46, 2.21]

3 Myocardial Ischaemia Show forest plot

10

589

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.65 [0.50, 0.85]

4 Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmia Show forest plot

4

583

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.06 [0.65, 1.71]

5 Bradycardia Show forest plot

6

657

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

1.91 [1.11, 3.29]

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Comparison 3. Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in cardiac surgery
Comparison 4. Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐cardiac surgery

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 All‐Cause Mortality Show forest plot

9

2851

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.61 [0.39, 0.96]

2 Cardiac Mortality Show forest plot

4

2515

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.51 [0.27, 0.93]

3 Myocardial Infarction Show forest plot

8

2817

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

0.49 [0.22, 1.09]

4 Myocardial Ischaemia Show forest plot

10

1061

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

0.73 [0.54, 1.00]

5 Bradycardia Show forest plot

10

2845

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

1.44 [0.89, 2.31]

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Comparison 4. Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐cardiac surgery
Comparison 5. Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in vascular surgery

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 All‐Cause Mortality Show forest plot

7

1648

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.47 [0.25, 0.90]

2 Cardiac Mortality Show forest plot

4

1522

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.36 [0.16, 0.79]

3 Myocardial Infarction Show forest plot

6

1616

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.66 [0.46, 0.94]

4 Myocardial Ischaemia Show forest plot

5

715

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

0.92 [0.64, 1.34]

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Comparison 5. Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in vascular surgery
Comparison 6. Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐vascular, non‐cardiac surgery

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 All‐Cause Mortality Show forest plot

2

1013

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.05 [0.52, 2.09]

2 Myocardial Infarction Show forest plot

2

1021

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

0.92 [0.20, 4.16]

3 Myocardial Ischaemia Show forest plot

3

96

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.23 [0.04, 1.30]

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Comparison 6. Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in non‐vascular, non‐cardiac surgery
Comparison 7. Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in patients receiving epidural or spinal anaesthesia

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Myocardial infarction Show forest plot

2

526

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.72 [0.29, 1.81]

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Comparison 7. Alpha‐2 agonist versus control in patients receiving epidural or spinal anaesthesia
Comparison 8. Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in studies with blinding and concealed allocation

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 All‐Cause Mortality Show forest plot

5

2699

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.59 [0.37, 0.95]

2 Myocardial Infarction Show forest plot

5

2326

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.90 [0.68, 1.21]

3 Myocardial Ischaemia Show forest plot

3

394

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.59 [0.41, 0.85]

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Comparison 8. Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in studies with blinding and concealed allocation
Comparison 9. Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in studies that used strict definitions of myocardial infarction or ischaemia

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Myocardial Infarction Show forest plot

9

3064

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.84 [0.64, 1.11]

2 Myocardial Ischaemia Show forest plot

13

1340

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.65 [0.54, 0.79]

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Comparison 9. Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in studies that used strict definitions of myocardial infarction or ischaemia
Comparison 10. Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, excluding Oliver 1999

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 All‐Cause Mortality Show forest plot

17

1931

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.69 [0.37, 1.28]

2 Cardiac Mortality Show forest plot

5

693

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.61 [0.18, 2.04]

3 Myocardial Infarction Show forest plot

15

1706

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.53 [0.30, 0.94]

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Comparison 10. Alpha‐2 agonists versus control in all surgery, excluding Oliver 1999