ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2008
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Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT06762275 (Optimizing Management of Children Presenting With Acute Abdominal Pain in Primary Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 693 papers, 96 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Optimizing Management of Children Presenting With Acute Abdominal Pain in Primary Care: a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Impact of a Clinical Prediction Rule Including C-reactive Protein for Appendicitis
Who cites it
693 citing papers in PubMed, 96 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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633 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issuedSchünemann, A Holger J [corrected to Schünemann, Holger J]
Authors and funding
14 authors.
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Abstract
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