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ArticleCureus2022

Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Block for Refractory Abdominal Pain Due to Acute on Chronic Pancreatitis.

Gaurav Chauhan, Harold Burke, Suresh K Srinivasan, Aman Upadhyay

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Article in Cureus, 2022. 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
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Gaurav ChauhanAnesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, USA.
Harold BurkeAnesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, USA.
Suresh K SrinivasanPain Management, Trinity West Medical Center, Steubenville, USA.
Aman UpadhyayPain Medicine, McLaren Oakland Hospital, Pontiac, USA.
Trinity Health Oakland Hospital · USUPMC Presbyterian · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Erector spinae blocks (ESBs) are a type of fascial pain block that has been safely used for various applications, including post-operative and post-trauma pain in several thoracic and abdominal surgeries. Pain related to an acute flare-up of chronic pancreatitis is usually challenging to control and impacts patient comfort and discharge planning. This case report describes an application of ESBs for the effective treatment of refractory abdominal pain associated with acute exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis. Application of ESB in the emergency room setting can potentially decrease hospital admission for this common condition and increase patient satisfaction.

Indexed as

abdominal painacute pancreatitischronic painerector spinal blockregional anesthesia

Identifiers

PMID36579238
PMCPMC9783334
OpenAlexW4309789965

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