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ReviewIndian journal of palliative care2018

When to Use Methadone for pain: A Case-Based Approach.

Gayatri Palat, Nandini Vallath, Srini Chary, Ann Broderick

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Review in Indian journal of palliative care, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 43% 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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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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Methadone in Cancer Pain.Indian journal of palliative care
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gayatri PalatDepartment of Pain and Palliative Medicine, MNJ Institute of Oncology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Nandini VallathTrivandrum Institute for Palliative Sciences, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
Srini CharyDivision of Palliative Medicine, Department of Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Ann BroderickDepartment of Hospice and Palliative Care, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
University of Calgary · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The case studies are written in this article to illustrate how methadone might be used for pain in the Indian context. These cases might be used for discussion in a multidisciplinary team, or for individual study. It is important to understand that pain requires a multidisciplinary approach as opioids will assist only with physical, i.e. neuropathic and nociceptive pain, but not emotional, spiritual, or relational pain or the pain of immobility. The social determinants of pain were included to demonstrate how emotional, relational, and psychological dimensions of pain amplify the physical aspects of pain. The case studies follow a practical step-wise approach to pain while undergoing cancer treatment, pain toward the end-of-life and needing longer acting opioid. Methadone in children, and methadone in conditions of opioid toxicity or where there is a need for absorption in the proximal intestine cases are included.

Indexed as

Cancer treatmentchildrenend-of-life carelong-acting opioidmethadonemultidisciplinary approachsmall intestinal absorption

Identifiers

PMID29497250
PMCPMC5806301
OpenAlexW2783168131

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