Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19729421›Full record

ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2009

Preoperative risk assessment for bleeding and thromboembolism.

Donald M Arnold, Julia Anderson, Clive Kearon

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Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Do we agree on health state outcomes? A review of measurement agreement between time-trade off and other utility measures.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2026
    Article
  2. Impact of drugs on venous thromboembolism risk in surgical patients.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2019
    Review
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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Donald M ArnoldMichael De Groote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Julia Anderson
Clive Kearon
Canadian Blood Services · CAEdinburgh Royal Infirmary · GBMcMaster University · CA

Funding

Medical Research Council G0800808
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Arthroplasty, Replacement, HipBlood Coagulation TestsBlood Loss, SurgicalFamily HealthFemaleHumansMedical History TakingMiddle AgedPreoperative CarePrognosisRisk AssessmentThromboembolism

Identifiers

PMID19729421
OpenAlexW2004103299

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.