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ReviewEuropean archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience2024

A clinical approach to the investigation and management of long COVID associated neuropathic pain.

Rajish Sanjit Kumar Shil, Thomas William Hughes, Brendan Francis Sargent, Yun Huang, Arina Anna Tamborska, Bernhard Frank, Mark Alexander Ellul, Benedict Daniel Michael

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In one paragraph

Review in European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rajish Sanjit Kumar ShilClinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. rajishsk@liverpool.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9100-6114
Thomas William HughesClinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1561-7615
Brendan Francis SargentClinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2262-7755
Yun HuangClinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7843-9126
Arina Anna TamborskaClinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4661-8407
Bernhard FrankDepartment of Pain Medicine, Walton Centre of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Liverpool, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5405-4942
Mark Alexander EllulClinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6115-8245
Benedict Daniel MichaelClinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8693-8926
University of Liverpool · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_19059Medical Research Council MR/T028750/1Medical Research Council MR/V007181/1Medical Research Council MR/V03605X/1MRF MC_PC_19059MRF MRF-CPP-R2-2022-100003MRF MR/T028750/1MRF MR/V007181/1MRF MR/V03605X/1National Institute for Health and Care Research NIHR133599Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust ISSF201902/3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 has been associated with a wide range of ongoing symptoms following recovery from the acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. Around one in three people with COVID-19 develop neurological symptoms with many reporting neuropathic pain and associated symptoms, including paraesthesia, numbness, and dysesthesia. Whilst the pathophysiology of long COVID-19-associated neuropathic pain remains unclear, it is likely to be multifactorial. Early identification, exclusion of common alternative causes, and a biopsychosocial approach to the management of the symptoms can help in relieving the burden of disease and improving the quality of life for patients.

Indexed as

COVID-19NeuralgiaHumansPost-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeSARS-CoV-2COVID-19Long CovidNeuropathyPainParaesthesia

Identifiers

PMID38063895
PMCPMC11579083
OpenAlexW4389486134

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