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ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2020

Neuropathic Pain and Sickle Cell Disease: a Review of Pharmacologic Management.

Mariam Salisu Orhurhu, Robert Chu, Lauren Claus, Jacob Roberts, Bisi Salisu, Ivan Urits, Ejovwoke Orhurhu, Omar Viswanath, Alan D Kaye, Aaron J Kaye and 1 more

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Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

Mariam Salisu OrhurhuDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Robert ChuJohns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Lauren ClausJohns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jacob RobertsJohns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Bisi SalisuMeharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, USA.
Ivan UritsDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Ejovwoke OrhurhuMassachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, MA, USA.
Omar ViswanathValley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Alan D KayeValley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Aaron J KayeDepartment of Anesthesiology, Medical University South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Vwaire OrhurhuDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. vwo569@mail.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USJohns Hopkins University · USJohns Hopkins Medicine · USLouisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USMCPHS University · USMedical University of South Carolina · USMeharry Medical College · USUniversity of Arizona · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewSickle cell disease (SCD) remains among the most common and severe monogenic disorders present in the world today. Although sickle cell pain has been traditionally characterized as nociceptive, a significant portion of sickle cell patients has reported neuropathic pain symptoms. Our review article will discuss clinical aspects of SCD-related neuropathic pain, epidemiology of neuropathic pain among individuals with SCD, pain mechanisms, and current and future potential pharmacological interventions. RECENT

findingsNeuropathic pain in SCD is a complicated condition that often has a lifelong and significant negative impact on life; therefore, improved pain management is considered a significant and unmet need. Neuropathic pain mechanisms are heterogeneous, and the difficulty in determining their individual contribution to specific pain types may contribute to poor treatment outcomes in this population. Our review article outlines several pharmacological modalities which may be employed to treat neuropathic pain in SCD patients.

Indexed as

Pain ManagementAnemia, Sickle CellHumansNeuralgiaPain MeasurementQuality of LifeTreatment OutcomeChronic painNeuropathic painPharmacologic managementSickle cell disease

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PMID32705357
OpenAlexW3045374701

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