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Trial reportUlusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES2023

Placebo-controlled randomized double-blind comparison of the analgesic efficacy of lidocaine spray and etofenamate spray in pain control of rib fractures.

Safa Dönmez, Ahmet Burak Erdem, Alp Şener, Furkan Altas, Reyhan İrem Mutlu

Open access · bronzeAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Evaluating emergency department visits for spontaneous and traumatic pneumomediastinum: a retrospective analysis.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Safa DönmezDepartment of Emergency, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara-Türkiye.
Ahmet Burak ErdemDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara-Türkiye.
Alp ŞenerEmergency Service, Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Ankara-Türkiye.
Furkan AltasDepartment of Emergency, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara-Türkiye.
Reyhan İrem MutluDepartment of Emergency, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara-Türkiye.
Bilkent University · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAs far as we could detect, we could not find any study in literature on the analgesic efficacy of spray forms of lidocaine and etofenamate in rib fractures. In this study, our aim is to empirically compare the analgesic efficacy of etofenamate spray, lidocaine 10% spray and placebo spray in the management of pain secondary to trauma secondary to isolated rib fractures.

methodsThe study was designed according to a single-center, prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled double-blind study model. About 30 sealed envelopes were prepared for each of the 3 groups and 30 patients were included in each group. A total of 84 cases were included in the study (three groups: 27, 28, 29).

resultsNumeric rating scale (NRS) grades at admission and at 15-30-60-120 min were similar between the three groups (P>0.05). Analysis findings of NRS perception differences between the initial NRS level and the 15-30-60-120th min NRS difference at the 0-120th min showed more lidocaine spray organs, and it was not clearly perceived that these four parameters went between the 3 groups for the outline.

conclusionThe analgesic efficacy of lidocaine 10% spray, etofenamate spray, and placebo spray used together with standard dexketoprofen 50 mg intravenous treatment in the pain management of rib fractures were similar to each other and although there was a difference at the 120th min, this difference was not statistically significant.

Indexed as

LidocaineRib FracturesAnalgesicsAnesthetics, LocalDouble-Blind MethodFlufenamic AcidHumansPainPain ManagementProspective StudiesAnalgesicsAnesthetics, LocaletofenamateFlufenamic AcidLidocaine

Identifiers

PMID37563892
PMCPMC10560796
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