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ReviewArchives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition2004

Perinatal pathology in the context of a clinical trial: a review of the literature.

C Snowdon, D R Elbourne, J Garcia

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In one paragraph

Review in Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Factors affecting uptake of postmortem examination in the prenatal, perinatal and paediatric setting.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2018
    Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Perinatal pathology in the context of a clinical trial: attitudes of neonatologists and pathologists.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2004
    Article
  5. Perinatal pathology in the context of a clinical trial: attitudes of bereaved parents.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2004
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

C SnowdonMedical Statistics Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK. cms1000@cam.ac.uk
D R Elbourne
J Garcia

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Perinatal postmortem rates are declining world wide. In the United Kingdom, perinatal pathology has recently been seriously undermined by controversy. There are important consequences for perinatal trials that include pathology studies. This review looks at the reasons for the decline in perinatal postmortem examinations and the effects on research.

Indexed as

AutopsyAttitudeAttitude of Health PersonnelCause of DeathHumansInfantInfant, NewbornInfant, Newborn, DiseasesParentsPathology, ClinicalThird-Party ConsentUnited Kingdom

Identifiers

PMID15102719
PMCPMC1721684

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