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ReviewMolecular diagnosis & therapy2019

Highlighting the Role of Biomarkers of Inflammation in the Diagnosis and Management of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.

Krishna D Bharwani, Willem A Dik, Maaike Dirckx, Frank J P M Huygen

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Review in Molecular diagnosis & therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Krishna D BharwaniCenter for Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. bharwani.kd@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-4899-0624
Willem A DikLaboratory Medical Immunology, Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5235-3156
Maaike DirckxCenter for Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-4306-654X
Frank J P M HuygenCenter for Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-2852-4880
Erasmus MC · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is characterized by continuous pain that is often accompanied by sensory, motor, vasomotor, sudomotor, and trophic disturbances. If left untreated, it can have a significant impact on the quality of life of patients. The diagnosis of CRPS is currently based on a set of relatively subjective clinical criteria: the New International Association for the Study of Pain clinical diagnostic criteria for CRPS. There are still no objective laboratory tests to diagnose CRPS and there is a great need for simple, objective, and easily measurable biomarkers in the diagnosis and management of this disease. In this review, we discuss the role of inflammation in the multi-mechanism pathophysiology of CRPS and highlight the application of potential biomarkers of inflammation in the diagnosis and management of this disease.

Indexed as

BiomarkersComplex Regional Pain SyndromesDiagnosis, DifferentialDisease ManagementDisease SusceptibilityHumansImmunomodulationInflammation MediatorsMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesOrgan SpecificityPhenotypePrognosisResearchBiomarkersInflammation Mediators

Identifiers

PMID31363934
PMCPMC6775035
OpenAlexW2965967246

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