Effectiveness of non invasive external pelvic compression: a systematic review of the literature

Table 1 Results

Authors, year	Study design	Pressure Characteristic	Mechanical aspect	Physiological aspect	Level of evidence	Control group	Duration	Number of cases	Results clinically applicable	Critical comments
Bottlang 2002	CS	+	+	-	V	0	?	7	+	Level of greater trochanters
Krieg 2005	CoS	-	+	-	III	0	16 m	13	+	Early physiological response
Croce 2007	RS	-	-	+	IV	+	10y	186	+	Reduced transfusion rate and hospital stay
Ghaemmaghami 2007	RS	-	-	+	IV	+	4y	237	+	No effect of PCCD
Jowett 2007	CS	+	-	-	V	-	-	10	+	Risk for pressure sore
Nunn 2007	CS	-	-	+	V	-	?	7	+?	Early physiological response
DeAngelis 2008	CS	-	+	-	V	+	-	10	+	Cadaveric. Mechanical effect.
Tan 2010	CoS	-	+	+	III	_	4y	15	+?	Early physiological response. Good mechanical effects
Knops 2011	CS	-	+	-	V	+	-	16	+	Cadaveric. Mechanical aspects
Knops 2011	RCT	+	-	-	II	+	-	80	+	Healthy adults
Knops	Lab CS	+	-	-	V	-	-	-	+	Useful model, pressure effects
Prasarn 2012	CS	-	+	-	V	-	-	5	+	Cadaveric, mechanical effect
Pizanis 2013	CoS	-	-	+	III	-	8y	192	+	Open cohorts register study, No control
Prasarn 2013	CS	-	+	-	V	-	-	9	+	Cadaveric, mechanical
Prasarn 2013	CS	-	+	-	V	-	-	5	+	Cadaveric, mechanical
Fu 2013	RS	-	-	+	IV	+	4y	585	+	One centre, retrospective data

CS Case Series, CoS Cohort Study, RS Retrospective Study, RCT Randomized Controlled Trial

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