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ArticleArchives of disease in childhood2008

Developing and introducing evidence based clinical practice guidelines for serious illness in Kenya.

Grace Irimu, Annah Wamae, Aggrey Wasunna, Fred Were, Stephen Ntoburi, Newton Opiyo, Philip Ayieko, Norbert Peshu, Mike English

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Article in Archives of disease in childhood, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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63citing papers in PubMed, 3 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

63 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Grace IrimuDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Republic of Kenya. girimu@nairobi.kemri-wellcome.org
Annah Wamae
Aggrey Wasunna
Fred Were
Stephen Ntoburi
Newton Opiyo
Philip Ayieko
Norbert Peshu
Mike English

Funding

Wellcome Trust 076827
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Practice Guidelines as TopicChild Health ServicesChild, PreschoolCritical CareCritical IllnessDeveloping CountriesEvidence-Based MedicineHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth Services Needs and DemandHumansInfantInfant, NewbornIntensive Care UnitsKenyaPatient Care TeamWorld Health Organization

Identifiers

PMID18719161
PMCPMC2654066

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Registered trials

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