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ArticleSystematic reviews2019

Clinical applications of palmitoylethanolamide in pain management: protocol for a scoping review.

Maria Beatrice Passavanti, Aniello Alfieri, Maria Caterina Pace, Vincenzo Pota, Pasquale Sansone, Giacomo Piccinno, Manlio Barbarisi, Caterina Aurilio, Marco Fiore

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Article in Systematic reviews, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria Beatrice PassavantiDepartment of Women, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Piazza L. Miraglia, 2, 80138, Naples, Italy.
Aniello AlfieriDepartment of Women, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Piazza L. Miraglia, 2, 80138, Naples, Italy.
Maria Caterina PaceDepartment of Women, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Piazza L. Miraglia, 2, 80138, Naples, Italy.
Vincenzo PotaDepartment of Women, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Piazza L. Miraglia, 2, 80138, Naples, Italy.
Pasquale SansoneDepartment of Women, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Piazza L. Miraglia, 2, 80138, Naples, Italy.
Giacomo PiccinnoDepartment of Women, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Piazza L. Miraglia, 2, 80138, Naples, Italy.
Manlio BarbarisiDepartment of Medical, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic and Aging Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Piazza L. Miraglia, 2, 80138, Naples, Italy.
Caterina AurilioDepartment of Women, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Piazza L. Miraglia, 2, 80138, Naples, Italy.
Marco FioreDepartment of Women, Child and General and Specialized Surgery, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Piazza L. Miraglia, 2, 80138, Naples, Italy. marco.fiore@unicampania.it.ORCID 0000-0001-7263-0229
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPalmitoylethanolamide (PEA) belong to endocannabinoid family, a group of fatty acid amides. PEA has been proven to have analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity and has been used in several controlled studies focused on the management of chronic pain among adult patients with different underlying clinical conditions. METHODS/

designA literature search will be performed using PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL). The population will be patients who have chronic pain, the intervention will be the administration of PEA alone or in combination with other drugs for the pain management; the comparison will be the standard therapy in accordance with the current guidelines for the treatment of pain. The Outcomes will be the reduction of pain not restricted to specific scales laying out the pain outcome data described in the included studies. DISCUSSION: This scoping review aims to describe the clinical applications of the PEA in chronic pain management and its outcome. SCOPING REVIEW REGISTRATION: Open Science Framework https://osf.io/74tmx/ .

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AmidesAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalChronic PainEthanolaminesHumansPain ManagementPalmitic AcidsScoping Reviews as TopicTreatment OutcomeAmidesAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalEthanolaminespalmidrolPalmitic AcidsEndocannabinoidsEthanolaminesHumansPainPain managementPalmidrolPalmitic acidsPalmitoylethanolamidePEASystematic review

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