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ReviewCurrent gastroenterology reports2012

Novel treatments for NEC: keeping IBD in mind.

Sanjiv Harpavat, Mohan Pammi, Mark Gilger

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Review in Current gastroenterology reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sanjiv HarpavatSection of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, USA. harpavat@bcm.edu
Mohan Pammi
Mark Gilger
Texas Children's Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is an inflammatory intestinal disease of premature newborns, thought to result in part from overactivity of the innate immune system. NEC has been well-studied from the perspective of prevention; however, after the disease onset, there are limited treatment options to control its progression. This review discusses four potential therapies that target the overactive immune response in NEC: pentoxifylline, platelet activating factor modulators, glucocorticoids, and vasoactive substances. In addition, given the similar pathogenesis of NEC and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), we propose that IBD therapies could provide promising leads for novel strategies with which to treat NEC.

Indexed as

Enterocolitis, NecrotizingGlucocorticoidsHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureInfant, Premature, DiseasesIntestinal MucosaPentoxifyllinePhosphodiesterase InhibitorsPlatelet Activating FactorGlucocorticoidsPentoxifyllinePhosphodiesterase InhibitorsPlatelet Activating Factor

Identifiers

PMID22623180
OpenAlexW2091311856

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Registered trials

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