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ReviewCureus2022

Gastroparesis: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Management.

Stella-Maris Chinma Egboh, Sarah Abere

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Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Using an Endoluminal Functional Lumen Imaging Probe (EndoFLIP™) to Compare Pyloric Function in Patients with Gastroparesis to Patients After Esophagectomy.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stella-Maris Chinma EgbohInternal Medicine/Gastroenterology, Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, NGA.
Sarah AbereInternal Medicine, Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, NGA.
Federal Medical Centre · NGUniversity of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital · NG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastroparesis is a neuromuscular disorder whose hallmark is delayed gastric emptying. It is a global challenge to the healthcare system because of poor treatment satisfaction for both the patients and clinicians, eventually leading to a reduction in the quality of life, with antecedent anxiety and depression. Although it is multifactorial in origin, diabetic, idiopathic, and drug-induced gastroparesis are the major risk factors. Disrupted interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) and gastric dysrhythmia are pivotal to the pathogenesis, with most of the investigations targeted toward assessing gastric emptying and accommodation usually affected by distorted ICC and other neural networks. The treatment challenges can be overcome by a multidisciplinary approach involving gastroenterologists, gastrointestinal surgeons, biomedical engineers, nutritionists, psychologists, nurses, radionuclide radiologists, pharmacists, and family physicians. The exploration of the fundamental physiological processes underlying gastroparesis with the use of biomechanical materials should be given more attention by biomedical engineers to integrate innovative engineering with medicine for solving complex medical issues.

Indexed as

gastric emptyinggastroparesisinterstitial cells of cajalmanagementmultidisciplinary

Identifiers

PMID35186557
PMCPMC8846567
OpenAlexW4205976198

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Registered trials

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