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Table 1 Characteristics of studies included in meta-analysis

From: Consequences of continuing renin angiotensin aldosterone system antagonists in the preoperative period: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author, year

Country

Type of surgery

Type of anesthesia

Number of participants

Female (%)

Age (Mean)

Postoperative complications

Definition of hypotension

Type of study

Quality scorei

Bertrand, 2001 [7]

France

Elective major vascular sugery

General

37

12.2

68

ST-T abnormalities

SBPa<  80 mmHg

RCT

RCT

Brabant, 1999 [12]

France

Elective vascular surgery

General

39

16.7

69

MIb

SBP < 90 mmHg or 30% baseline

Prospective observational

8

Calloway, 2014 [13]

USA

Total knee arthroplasty

Neuraxial

60

61

66

MI, stroke/TIAc, AKId, death

SBP ≤85 mmHg

Retrospective observational

8

Colson, 1992 [18]

France

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery

General

16

12.5

65

N/Ae

MAPf < 70 mmHg

Prospective observational

6

Comfere, 2005 [15]

USA

Non-cardiovascular

General

267

44

66(Median)

MI, stroke, AKI, death

SBP ≤85 mmHg

Retrospective observational

9

Coriat, 1994 [16]

France

Peripheral vascular

General

51

N/A

67

N/A

SBP < 90 mmHg

RCTg

RCT

Licker, 2000 [19]

Switzerland

Coronary artery bypass graft

General

32

22

60

N/A

SBP < 90 mmHg

Prospective observational

7

Pigott, 1999 [9]

UK

Coronary artery bypass graft

General

40

12.5

63

N/A

SBP < 85 mmHg

RCT

RCT

Roshanov, 2017 [20]

Eight countries

Noncardiac Surgery

NA

4802

N/A

N/A

myocardial injury, stroke, death

SBP < 90 mmHg

Prospective observational

8

Ryckwaert, 1997 [14]

France

Coronary artery bypass graft

General

18

11

62

N/A

70mmHg

Prospective observational

7

Salvetti, 2016 [17]

Italy

Elective bariatric surgery

General

26

73%

47

N/A

N/A

Prospective observational

8

Steely, 2016 [21]

New England

Carotid endarterectomy

General/ Neuraxial

2878

N/A

N/A

MACEh, stroke/ death

N/A

Retrospective observational

9

Zainudheen, 2017 [22]

Woolloongabba

Elective orthopaedic surgery

General/ Neuraxial

258

58.5%

69.8

MACE, AKI

SBP < 90 mmHg

Retrospective observational

7

  1. a, SBP, systolic blood pressure; b, MI, myocardial infarction; c, TIA, transient ischemic attack; d, AKI, acute kidney injury; e, N/A, not available;f, mean arterial pressure; g, RCTs, randomized controlled trials; h, MACE, major adverse cardiac event
  2. ithe quality score was assessed with the use of the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS)