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ArticleCritical care research and practice2012

Myocardial dysfunction in sepsis: a large, unsolved puzzle.

Constantino Jose Fernandes, Murillo Santucci Cesar de Assuncao

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Article in Critical care research and practice, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Association Between Myocardial Dysfunction and Septic Shock.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  9. Protective Effect of the Chinese Herb Draba Scabra on the Sepsis Myocarditis in Molecular Mechanism.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022
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  13. The authors respond: Cardiac troponin levels in Covid-19 patients.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2021
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Constantino Jose FernandesHospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Avenida Albert Einstein 627/701, 05661-901 Morumbi, SP, Brazil.
Murillo Santucci Cesar de Assuncao
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sepsis has high incidence and mortality rates around the world. The role of cardiac depression in myocardial dysfunction during sepsis remains to be elucidated. This review attempts to summarize our understanding of the anatomical, histopathological, and pathophysiological mechanisms behind cardiac dysfunction. Biomarkers to detect cardiac depression have been used to recognize developing problems, but the actual impact of these tools remains unclear.

Identifiers

PMID22482045
PMCPMC3312225
OpenAlexW2044687960

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