Antibiotics for sore throat to prevent rheumatic fever: yes or no? How the Cochrane Library can help.

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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Efficacy of a benzocaine lozenge in the treatment of uncomplicated sore throat.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2012
   Trial
2. Tonsillitis and sore throat in children.GMS current topics in otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery · 2014
   Review
3. Inclusion of zero total event trials in meta-analyses maintains analytic consistency and incorporates all available data.BMC medical research methodology · 2007
   Article

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Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Funding

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Abstract

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