Journal article
Analgesia for the treatment of acute pancreatitis: a protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis
BMJ open, Vol.14(5), e081971
05/13/2024
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081971
PMCID: PMC11097890
PMID: 38740508
Abstract
IntroductionGastrointestinal hospitalisations in the USA cause over US$130 billion in expenditures, and acute pancreatitis is a leading cause of these hospitalisations. Adequate pain control is one of the primary treatment goals for acute pancreatitis. Though opioids are commonly used for analgesia in these patients, there have been concerns about short-term and long-term side effects of using opioids. Recently, non-opioid medications have been studied to treat pain in patients with acute pancreatitis. This systematic review and network meta-analysis aims to assess the comparative efficacy of analgesic medication for non-severe, acute pancreatitis.Methods and analysisWe will search multiple electronic databases for randomised controlled trials that study pain management in patients with non-severe, acute pancreatitis. The intervention will be any analgesic for acute pancreatitis in the hospital setting. The comparison group will be patients who received a placebo or other active interventions for pain management. The primary outcomes of interest include pain scores and the need for supplementary analgesia. The secondary outcomes will be serious adverse events, local complications, progression to severe pancreatitis, transfer to the intensive care unit, length of hospitalisation, time to start enteral feeds, 30-day all-cause mortality and Quality of Life Scale scores. If sufficient homogeneity exists among included studies, the findings will be pooled using a traditional pairwise and network meta-analysis. The risk of bias in randomised control trials will be evaluated using the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool 2.0. The Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation approach will be used to report the certainty of evidence.Ethics and disseminationThis systematic review will not involve direct contact with human subjects. The findings of this review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal. They will give healthcare providers a better awareness of the optimal analgesic medication for pain treatment in non-severe, acute pancreatitis.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Analgesia for the treatment of acute pancreatitis: a protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis
- Creators
- Sriya S Subramani - University of IowaAlaina C Berg - University of IowaLee A Kral - University of IowaMohammad Hassan Murad - Mayo Clinic in FloridaAbigail Smith - SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityAnna Evans Phillips - Pittsburg State UniversityDhiraj Yadav - Pittsburg State UniversityAliye Uc - University of IowaAamer Imdad - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- BMJ open, Vol.14(5), e081971
- Publisher
- British Medical Journal Publishing Group
- DOI
- 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081971
- PMID
- 38740508
- PMCID
- PMC11097890
- ISSN
- 2044-6055
- eISSN
- 2044-6055
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/13/2024
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Radiation Oncology; Anesthesia; Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Pancreatology, and Nutrition
- Record Identifier
- 9984625360002771
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