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ReviewDer Anaesthesist2005

[Spinal anaesthesia].

F Gerheuser, D Crass

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Review in Der Anaesthesist, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 11 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

F GerheuserKlinik für Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Zentralklinikum Augsburg, Stenglinstrasse 2, 86156 Augsburg. gerheuser@anaesthesie-klinikum-augsburg.de
D Crass
Augsburg University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In spinal anaesthesia, surgical analgesia and in most cases motor block is achieved by injecting one or more drugs into the cerebrospinal fluid. As one of the earliest methods of anaesthesia it was introduced into clinical practice in the late nineteenth century. Although later on it was more or less replaced by "modern" general anaesthesia, it has regained popularity due to its benefits for certain patient populations. In spite of being a technically simple procedure, performing spinal anaesthesia requires a sound knowledge of applied physiology and pharmacology, especially in high-risk groups such as pregnant women or former preterm babies. For some patients even under anticoagulant therapy, spinal anaesthesia might be the best option, considering the individual risk of alternative methods.

Indexed as

Anesthesia, SpinalAnesthetics, LocalContraindicationsHumansInfectionsPostoperative PainSpinal CordSpinal DiseasesSpinal PunctureVasoconstrictor AgentsAnesthetics, LocalVasoconstrictor Agents

Identifiers

PMID16317479
OpenAlexW3189784795

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.