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ArticleKorean journal of anesthesiology2018

Designing the ideal perioperative pain management plan starts with multimodal analgesia.

Eric S Schwenk, Edward R Mariano

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Article in Korean journal of anesthesiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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79citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 156 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Effect of bilateral ultrasound-guided erector spinae plane block on postoperative pain after open lumbar spinal surgery: a double-blind, randomized controlled trial.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eric S SchwenkSidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Edward R MarianoDepartment of Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Thomas Jefferson University · USVA Palo Alto Health Care System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multimodal analgesia is defined as the use of more than one pharmacological class of analgesic medication targeting different receptors along the pain pathway with the goal of improving analgesia while reducing individual class-related side effects. Evidence today supports the routine use of multimodal analgesia in the perioperative period to eliminate the over-reliance on opioids for pain control and to reduce opioid-related adverse events. A multimodal analgesic protocol should be surgery-specific, functioning more like a checklist than a recipe, with options to tailor to the individual patient. Elements of this protocol may include opioids, non-opioid systemic analgesics like acetaminophen, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, gabapentinoids, ketamine, and local anesthetics administered by infiltration, regional block, or the intravenous route. While implementation of multimodal analgesic protocols perioperatively is recommended as an intervention to decrease the prevalence of long-term opioid use following surgery, the concurrent crisis of drug shortages presents an additional challenge. Anesthesiologists and acute pain medicine specialists will need to advocate locally and nationally to ensure a steady supply of analgesic medications and in-class alternatives for their patients' perioperative pain management.

Indexed as

Acute pain managementKetamineMultimodal analgesiaNon-opioid analgesicsOpioid epidemicRegional anesthesia.

Identifiers

PMID30139215
PMCPMC6193589
OpenAlexW2888597357

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