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ArticleIndian journal of anaesthesia2025

Magnesium in brachial plexus blocks: A meta-analysis, meta regression, and trial sequential analysis.

Sushil Pal, Rasmeet Kaur Kainth, Rajiv Malhotra, Arnab Banerjee, Rahul Banerjee

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Article in Indian journal of anaesthesia, 2025. 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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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sushil PalST5 Resident Doctor, Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3217-2424
Rasmeet Kaur KainthST7 Resident Doctor, Department of Anaesthesia, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8684-9353
Rajiv MalhotraConsultant, Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6634-3387
Arnab BanerjeeConsultant, Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, UK/Goulburn Base Hospital, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4086-5692
Rahul BanerjeeMedical Student, School of Medicine, University of Buckingham, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4118-2651

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Aims: Evidence is inconclusive regarding the role of magnesium sulphate (MgSO Methods: Medline, Embase, Google Scholar, and bibliography searches were consulted to identify randomised clinical trials using MgSO Results: Thirty-two studies were included in this study. MgSO Conclusion: Using MgSO

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Analgesiabrachial plexuslocal anaestheticsmagnesium sulphatemeta-analysismeta-regressionnerve blockregional anaesthesiaregional analgesia

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PMID41395135
PMCPMC12700488

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