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ReviewSultan Qaboos University medical journal2024

Effectiveness of the Eutectic Mixture of Local Anaesthetics Cream in the Management of Arteriovenous Fistula Needle Insertion Pain in Patients Undergoing Haemodialysis.

Hamed Al Shahri, Issa Al Salmi, Waleed Al Rajhi, Hamidreza Shemshaki

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Review in Sultan Qaboos University medical journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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0citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hamed Al ShahriRenal Medicine Department, Sultan Qaboos Hospital, Salalah, Oman.
Issa Al SalmiDepartment of Renal Medicine, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Waleed Al RajhiCollege of Pharmacy and Nursing, Nizwa University, Nizwa, Oman.
Hamidreza ShemshakiDepartment of Urology, The Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Royal Hospital · OMSultan Qaboos Hospital · OMUniversity of Nizwa · OM

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review aimed to assess the effectiveness of the eutectic mixture of local anaesthetics (EMLA) cream in the management of arteriovenous fistula (AVF) needle insertion pain in adult patients undergoing haemodialysis (HD) compared with other alternative interventions. The main search was conducted in November 2020 and updated in December 2021. In the search strategy, keywords and synonyms were used and multiple databases were searched with no date limitation to ensure a comprehensive search that would yield all studies relevant to the review and minimise location bias. A total of 209 studies were found in this search and filtered. After filtering through these studies, only five studies were finally included in the review. EMLA-cream was found to be effective in reducing AVF needle insertion pain among adult patients undergoing HD. Despite EMLA cream's effectiveness in reducing HD needle insertion pain and its fewer side effects, the findings of the included studies should be interpreted with caution, as there are some limitations, and further research is required.

Indexed as

Anesthetics, LocalArteriovenous FistulaAdultEmollientsHumansLidocaine, Prilocaine Drug CombinationPainRenal DialysisAnesthetics, LocalEmollientsLidocaine, Prilocaine Drug CombinationArteriovenous FistulaDialysisEMLA CreamPain

Identifiers

PMID38434453
PMCPMC10906758
OpenAlexW4387779418

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