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ReviewAnesthesia and analgesia2020

Emergence From the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Care of Chronic Pain: Guidance for the Interventionalist.

Timothy R Deer, Dawood Sayed, Jason E Pope, Krishnan V Chakravarthy, Erika Petersen, Susan M Moeschler, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Kasra Amirdelfan, Nagy Mekhail, ASPN COVID Workgroup

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Review in Anesthesia and analgesia, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. SPINE20 recommendations 2021: spine care for people's health and prosperity.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 · 2022
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  11. Telemedicine and current clinical practice trends in the COVID-19 pandemic.Best practice & research. Clinical anaesthesiology · 2021
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  18. Pain in Covid Era.Frontiers in physiology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Timothy R DeerFrom the Department of Pain Medicine, The Spine and Nerve Center of The Virginias, Charleston, West Virginia.
Dawood SayedDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.
Jason E PopeEvolve Restorative Center, Santa Rosa, California.
Krishnan V ChakravarthyDivision of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California.
Erika PetersenDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Susan M MoeschlerDivision of Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Alaa Abd-ElsayedDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin.
Kasra AmirdelfanIPM Medical Group, Inc, Walnut Creek, California.
Nagy MekhailDepartment of Anesthesiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
ASPN COVID Workgroup
West Virginia University · USCleveland Clinic · USEvolve Restorative Center · USKaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center · USUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · USUniversity of California, San Diego · USUniversity of Kansas Medical Center · USWinnMed · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to a significant disruption in the care of pain from chronic and subacute conditions. The impact of this cessation of pain treatment may have unintended consequences of increased pain, reduced function, increased reliance on opioid medications, and potential increased morbidity, due to the systemic impact of untreated disease burden. This may include decreased mobility, reduction in overall health status, and increase of opioid use with the associated risks.

methodsThe article is the study of the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN) COVID-19 task force to evaluate the policies set forth by federal, state, and local agencies to reduce or eliminate elective procedures for those patients with pain from spine, nerve, and joint disease. The impact of these decisions, which were needed to reduce the spread of the pandemic, led to a delay in care for many patients. We hence review an emergence plan to reinitiate this pain-related care. The goal is to outline a path to work with federal, state, and local authorities to combat the spread of the pandemic and minimize the deleterious impact of pain and suffering on our chronic pain patients.

resultsThe article sets forth a strategy for the interventional pain centers to reemerge from the current pandemic and to set a course for future events.

conclusionsThe COVID-19 pandemic represents an overwhelming challenge to interventional pain physicians and their patients. In addition to urgent actions needed for disease mitigation, the ASPN recommends a staged return to pain management professionals' workflow.

Indexed as

Critical PathwaysPain ManagementBetacoronavirusChronic PainCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Health StatusHumansPandemicsPatient SafetyPneumonia, ViralRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSARS-CoV-2Treatment Outcome

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PMID32452905
PMCPMC7258839
OpenAlexW3032637830

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