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The efficacy of non‐narcotic analgesics on post‐operative endodontic pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, May 2017
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Title
The efficacy of non‐narcotic analgesics on post‐operative endodontic pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
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Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, May 2017
DOI 10.1111/joor.12519
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A. Shirvani, S. Shamszadeh, M. J. Eghbal, S. Asgary

Abstract

The objective of this review was to evaluate the efficacy of non-narcotic analgesics including non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and/or paracetamol in the treatment of postoperative endodontic pain. Additionally, we aimed to examine the possible association of study covariates on the pain scores using meta-regression analysis. An electronic search was performed in 2016. After data extraction and quality assessment of the included studies (n=27, representing 2188 patients), meta-analysis was performed using a random-effect inverse-variance method. Meta-regression analysis was conducted to examine the associations between effect sizes and study-level covariates (P<0.05). The results showed that administration of non-narcotic analgesic was more effective than placebo in the management of postoperative pain, resulting in a lower pain scores with a standardized mean difference of -0.50 (95% CI= -0.70, -0.30), -0.76 (95%CI= -0.95, -0.56), -1.15 (95% CI= -1.52, -0.78), -0.65 (95% CI= -1.05, -0.26) for immediately after the procedure, 6-, 12-, and 24 h postoperative follow-ups (test for statistical heterogeneity: P=0.000,P=0.000,P=0.000,and P= 0.001), respectively. Our meta-regression analysis provided the evidence for association between some study covariates with treatment effect, each at different follow-ups. We concluded that the clinicians can manage postoperative endodontic pain by administration of NSAIDs and/or paracetamol. However, analgesics regimens should be considered as important determinants when prescribing a pharmacological adjuvant. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Unknown 56 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 11 20%
Student > Postgraduate 7 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 7%
Researcher 4 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 7%
Other 8 14%
Unknown 18 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 30 54%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 4%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 2%
Psychology 1 2%
Other 3 5%
Unknown 17 30%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 July 2018.
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#4,572,334
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Outputs from Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
#142
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#74,779
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Outputs of similar age from Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
#6
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