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ArticleBrain sciences2020

COVID-19: Pain Management in Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection-Molecular Mechanisms, Challenges, and Perspectives.

Sylwester Drożdżal, Jakub Rosik, Kacper Lechowicz, Filip Machaj, Bartosz Szostak, Paweł Majewski, Iwona Rotter, Katarzyna Kotfis

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Article in Brain sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Musculoskeletal and Neuropathic Pain in COVID-19.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  4. A comparison of the effect of patient-specific versus weight-based protocols to treat vaso-occlusive episodes in the emergency department.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2023
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  7. Acupoint stimulation for long COVID: A promising intervention:.World journal of acupuncture-moxibustion · 2023
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  9. The Role of the Human Microbiome in the Pathogenesis of Pain.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  11. Assessment of Procedural Pain in Patients with COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2022
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  16. Coexisting Substance Use Disorder and Chronic Pain During COVID-19.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses · 2022
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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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sylwester DrożdżalDepartment of Pharmacokinetics and Monitored Therapy, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4082-2696
Jakub RosikDepartment of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7377-4566
Kacper LechowiczDepartment of Anesthesiology, Intensive Therapy and Acute Intoxications, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0807-8510
Filip MachajDepartment of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
Bartosz SzostakDepartment of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
Paweł MajewskiDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Regional Specialist Hospital, 72-300 Gryfice, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ceynowa Hospital, 84-200 Wejherowo, Poland.
Iwona RotterDepartment of Medical Rehabilitation and Clinical Physiotherapy, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 71-210 Szczecin, Poland.
Katarzyna KotfisDepartment of Anesthesiology, Intensive Therapy and Acute Intoxications, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8430-1369
Pomeranian Medical University · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the end of 2019, the whole world has been struggling with the pandemic of the new Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Available evidence suggests that pain is a common symptom during Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). According to the World Health Organization, many patients suffer from muscle pain (myalgia) and/or joint pain (arthralgia), sore throat and headache. The exact mechanisms of headache and myalgia during viral infection are still unknown. Moreover, many patients with respiratory failure get admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for ventilatory support. Pain in ICU patients can be associated with viral disease itself (myalgia, arthralgia, peripheral neuropathies), may be caused by continuous pain and discomfort associated with ICU treatment, intermittent procedural pain and chronic pain present before admission to the ICU. Undertreatment of pain, especially when sedation and neuromuscular blocking agents are used, prone positioning during mechanical ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may trigger delirium and cause peripheral neuropathies. This narrative review summarizes current knowledge regarding challenges associated with pain assessment and management in COVID-19 patients. A structured prospective evaluation should be undertaken to analyze the probability, severity, sources and adequate treatment of pain in patients with COVID-19 infection.

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arthralgiaBPScoronavirusCPOTheadachemyalgianeuropathyNSAIDsopioids

Identifiers

PMID32698378
PMCPMC7407489
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