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ArticleBritish journal of pain2020

Particulate steroids in axial spinal blockade and the increasing role of patient consent:

Rajesh Munglani, Roger Knaggs, Giles Eyre

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Article in British journal of pain, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rajesh MunglaniSpire Cambridge Lea Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Roger KnaggsSchool of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1646-8321
Giles Eyre9 Gough Square, London, UK.
Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital · GBUniversity of Nottingham · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The complexity of modern medical practice is such that it is very unlikely that on any single issue we can give a definitive answer in any circumstance, and in our view the medical debate as to the use of particulate corticosteroid medicines in axial spinal blockade is one such argument. The medical discussion of the use of particulate corticosteroids has to be set against the uncertain risk and benefits of axial spinal procedures in which the drugs are utilised, and in which the most likely catastrophic complication may occur with their use, and then, as the law now demands, involve the patient in the relevant consenting issues.

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Back paincorticosteroidsepidural injectionneck painside effects

Identifiers

PMID32537153
PMCPMC7265593
OpenAlexW3032517943

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