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ReviewTurkish journal of emergency medicine

Clinical assessment and risk stratification for prehospital use of methoxyflurane versus standard analgesia in adult patients with trauma pain.

Hany Zaki, Süha Türkmen, Aftab Azad, Khalid Bashir, Amr Elmoheen, Eman Shaban, Haris Iftikhar, Nabil Shallik

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Review in Turkish journal of emergency medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hany ZakiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-3994-7088
Süha TürkmenDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-8010-4453
Aftab AzadDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-4407-412X
Khalid BashirDepartment of Clinical Academic, College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-4213-4667
Amr ElmoheenDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-5079-5353
Eman ShabanAl Jufairi Diagnosis and Treatment, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-0661-9763
Haris IftikharDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-7091-1243
Nabil ShallikCollege of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 000-0002-8247-4394
Hamad Medical Corporation · QAQatar University · QA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oligoanalgesia, the undertreatment of trauma-related pain using standard analgesics in prehospital and emergency departments, has been extensively documented as one of the major challenges affecting the effective treatment of trauma-related pain. When administered in low doses, methoxyflurane has been highlighted by numerous medical works of literature to provide an effective, nonopioid, nonnarcotic treatment alternative to standard analgesics for prehospital and emergency department use. Low-dose methoxyflurane has been associated with fast-pain relief in adult patients manifesting moderate-to-severe pain symptoms. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the clinical implication of low-dose methoxyflurane use in prehospital and emergency departments in adult patients with moderate-to-severe trauma-related pain. Moreover, the review aimed at assessing the risk stratification associated with using low-dose methoxyflurane in prehospital and emergency departments. The systematic review and meta-analysis performed a comprehensive search for pertinent literature assessing the implications and risks of using low-dose methoxyflurane in adult patients exhibiting moderate-to-severe trauma-related pain in prehospital settings. A comparison between the use of low-dose methoxyflurane and standard-of-care analgesics, placebo, in prehospital settings was reported in four clinically conducted randomized controlled trials (RCTs). These RCTs included the STOP! trial, InMEDIATE, MEDIATA, and the PenASAP trials. A meta-analysis comparing the time taken to achieve first pain relief on initial treatment of patients with moderate-to-severe trauma-related pain favored the use of low-dose methoxyflurane to the standard-of-care analgesics (mean difference = -6.63, 95% confidence interval = -7.37, -5.09) on time taken to establish effective pain relief. Low-dose methoxyflurane has been associated with superior and faster pain relief in prehospital and emergency departments in adult patients exhibiting moderate-to-severe trauma-related pain compared to other standard analgesics.

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Analgesicemergencymethoxyfluraneprehospitaltraumatic pain

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PMID37169029
PMCPMC10166294
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