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ReviewOchsner journal2021

Systematic Review of the Use of Intravenous Ketamine for Fibromyalgia.

Mila Pastrak, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Frederick Ma, Bruce Vrooman, Ognjen Visnjevac

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Review in Ochsner journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Adjunctive D-cycloserine to intermittent theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation in fibromyalgia: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  7. The genetic architecture of fibromyalgia across 2.5 million individuals.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025
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  13. Ketamine - An Imperfect Wonder Drug?Biochemical pharmacology · 2024
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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 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Mila PastrakFaculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Alaa Abd-ElsayedDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI.
Frederick MaBloor Pain Specialists, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Bruce VroomanDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH.
Ognjen VisnjevacFaculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center · USMcMaster University · CAMedical Advanced Pain Specialists · USPain Management Institute · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Chronic painfibromyalgiainfusion–intravenousketamine

Identifiers

PMID34984054
PMCPMC8675611
OpenAlexW4206023702

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Registered trials

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