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ArticleAnesthesia, essays and researches

Cramps and tingling: A diagnostic conundrum.

Mrunalini Parasa, Shaik Mastan Saheb, Nagendra Nath Vemuri

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Article in Anesthesia, essays and researches. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mrunalini ParasaDepartment of Anaesthesia, NRI Medical College, Chinnakakani, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Shaik Mastan SahebDepartment of Anaesthesia, NRI Medical College, Chinnakakani, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Nagendra Nath VemuriDepartment of Anaesthesia, NRI Medical College, Chinnakakani, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Guntur Medical College · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tetany a syndrome of sharp flexion of the wrist and ankle joints (carpopedal spasm), muscle twitching, cramps and convulsions, sometimes with an attack of stridor, is due to hyperexcitability of nerves and muscles caused by decreased extracellular ionized calcium. Hyperventilation secondary to anxiety can result in tetany. We report a case of hyperventilation induced tetany 2 h following spinal anesthesia for inguinal hernia repair.

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Asthmahyperventilationhypocalcemiaionized calciumrespiratory alkalosistetany

Identifiers

PMID25886236
PMCPMC4173627
OpenAlexW2097613304

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