Well informed uncertainties about the effects of treatments.

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.

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.

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Interventions for treating intrahepatic cholestasis in people with sickle cell disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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2. Antibiotics for treating acute chest syndrome in people with sickle cell disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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3. Interventions for treating intrahepatic cholestasis in people with sickle cell disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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4. Antibiotics for treating community-acquired pneumonia in people with sickle cell disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
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5. Vitamin K for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in people with acute or chronic liver diseases.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015
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6. Antifibrinolytic amino acids for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in people with acute or chronic liver disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015
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7. Antibiotics for treating acute chest syndrome in people with sickle cell disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015
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8. Optimism bias leads to inconclusive results-an empirical study.Journal of clinical epidemiology · 2011
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9. Systematic review of the literature on comparative effectiveness of antiviral treatments for chronic hepatitis B infection.Journal of general internal medicine · 2011
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10. Antacids for preventing oesophagogastric variceal bleeding and rebleeding in cirrhotic patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2008
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11. Interventions for treating AIDS-associated Hodgkin s lymphoma in treatment-naive adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2007
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12. Evaluation of new treatments in radiation oncology: are they better than standard treatments?JAMA · 2005
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13. Annual Research Review: Shifting from 'normal science' to neurodiversity in autism science.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2022
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14. Protecting the public from the adverse effects of confused research ethics.Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 2021
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15. The impact of uncertainty on bereaved family's experiences of care at the end of life: a thematic analysis of free text survey data.BMC palliative care · 2021
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16. Research priorities in advanced heart failure: James Lind alliance priority setting partnership.Open heart · 2020
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17. Top research priorities for preterm birth: results of a prioritisation partnership between people affected by preterm birth and healthcare professionals.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2019
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18. Healthy decisions: towards uncertainty tolerance in healthcare policy.PharmacoEconomics · 2015
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19. Priority setting partnership to identify the top 10 research priorities for the management of Parkinson's disease.BMJ open · 2014
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20. What should autism research focus upon? Community views and priorities from the United Kingdom.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2014
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Corrections and comments

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  Well informed uncertainties about the effects of treatment: "evidence based" must not equal "judgment free".2004
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  Well informed uncertainties about the effects of treatment: paradox exists in dealing with uncertainty.2004

Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

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Abstract

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