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ArticleCureus2020

Spontaneous Recurrent Pneumoperitoneum due to Opioid-Induced Constipation: A Case Report.

Varun Kaushal, Behzad Amoozgar, Pavan Garala, Karim Bayanzay, Shuvendu Sen

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

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Varun KaushalInternal Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Perth Amboy), Perth Amboy, USA.
Behzad AmoozgarInternal Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Perth Amboy), Perth Amboy, USA.
Pavan GaralaInternal Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Perth Amboy), Perth Amboy, USA.
Karim BayanzayInternal Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Perth Amboy), Perth Amboy, USA.
Shuvendu SenInternal Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center (Perth Amboy), Perth Amboy, USA.
Raritan Bay Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-term treatment with or addiction to methadone and other opiates can lead to serious complications such as opioid-induced constipation (OIC). Here we report a case where a long-term opioid user presents in the ER in respiratory distress. Radiographic findings concerning pneumoperitoneum and cooperation with specialists lead to a diagnosis of stercoral colitis with possible micro-perforations. Through fecal disimpaction and counseling on chronic opioid use, the patient initially improved, but consecutively had a fatal outcome.

Indexed as

fecal disimpactionmethadoneopiatespneumoperitoneumstercoral colitis

Identifiers

PMID32572360
PMCPMC7303506
OpenAlexW3026072148

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