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Trial reportJournal of feline medicine and surgery2007

Evaluation of the use of thermal thresholds to investigate NSAID analgesia in a model of inflammatory pain in cats.

Polly M Taylor, Sheilah A Robertson, Michael J Dixon

Open access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of feline medicine and surgery, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Systematic review of the behavioural assessment of pain in cats.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2016
    Pooled it
  2. ISFM and AAFP consensus guidelines: long-term use of NSAIDs in cats.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2010
    Guideline
  3. Trial
  4. Anti-inflammatory activity of niosomes entrapped with Plai oil (International journal of nanomedicine · 2017
    Article
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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Polly M TaylorTaylor Monroe, Ely, UK. polly@taylormonroe.co.uk
Sheilah A Robertson
Michael J Dixon
University of Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study evaluated thermal threshold (TT) testing for investigation into NSAID analgesia in cats. Seven cats participated in two crossover studies. TTs were measured on thoracic skin using a device developed specifically for cats. Skin temperature was recorded, then the heater activated. At the behavioural end point heating was stopped and temperature (=TT) recorded. In part 1, TTs were measured following subcutaneous (SC) ketoprofen or saline. In part 2, the process was repeated after intradermal kaolin induced mild inflammation at the test site. TTs were measured before treatment and two hourly for 24 h. In part 1, skin temperature did not change but in part 2 it increased more after saline than ketoprofen. TT did not change significantly after any treatment. However, after ketoprofen TT fell below the 95% confidence interval (CI) in part 1 and increased above it in part 2. The method detected some NSAID effects but is unlikely to be sufficiently sensitive for study of NSAID analgesia.

Indexed as

Pain ThresholdAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalCat DiseasesCatsCross-Over StudiesFemaleHot TemperatureInflammationKetoprofenPain MeasurementPredictive Value of TestsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalKetoprofen

Identifiers

PMID17658436
PMCPMC10822634
OpenAlexW1986425169

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