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ReviewDer Anaesthesist2009

[Anti-inflammatory effects of pentoxifylline: importance in cardiac surgery].

H V Groesdonk, M Heringlake, H Heinze

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Review in Der Anaesthesist, 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 43% 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, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Early inflammatory changes in radiation-induced oral mucositis : Effect of pentoxifylline in a mouse model.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

H V GroesdonkKlinik für Thorax- und Herz-Gefässchirurgie, Universitätskliniken des Saarlandes, Kirrbergerstr., 66421, Homburg/Saar, Deutschland. medicine@groesdonk.net
M Heringlake
H Heinze
University of Lübeck · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Initially introduced as a rheologic agent for use in intermittent claudication due to peripheral artery disease and in ischemic cerebrovascular disease, the methylxanthine derivative pentoxifylline (PTX) has been shown to possess several anti-inflammatory properties which make this drug an interesting immunomodulating adjunct for the management of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. As an unspecific phosphodiesterase inhibitor PTX ameliorates the inflammatory response following a septic stimulus and blunts organ dysfunction after ischemia-reperfusion injury. Apart from this several small clinical studies have shown that the use of PTX may blunt the inflammatory response induced by cardiac surgery using a cardiopulmonary bypass. Additionally it has been shown that the perioperative application of this drug may improve postoperative function of organs at risk, such as the kidneys and liver.

Indexed as

Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalCardiac Surgical ProceduresHumansPentoxifyllinePhosphodiesterase InhibitorsReperfusion InjurySepsisVasodilator AgentsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalPentoxifyllinePhosphodiesterase InhibitorsVasodilator Agents

Identifiers

PMID19890615
OpenAlexW1588420674

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