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ReviewCritical care clinics2013

Acute encephalitis.

Dennis W Simon, Yong Sing Da Silva, Giulio Zuccoli, Robert S B Clark

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In one paragraph

Review in Critical care clinics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor (NMDAR) Encephalitis in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Quantitative Analysis of Reported Cases.Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry = Journal de l'Academie canadienne de psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent · 2021
    Article
  3. Observational
  4. Article
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dennis W SimonDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 4401 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
Yong Sing Da Silva
Giulio Zuccoli
Robert S B Clark
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

PEDIATRIC NEUROINTENSIVE CARE AND RESUSCITATION RESEARCHT32HD040686 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Robert S B Clark, PATRICK M KOCHANEK · 2000 to 2026
$7.1M
NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD040686
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute encephalitis remains one of the contemporary challenges of critical care medicine. The diagnosis is difficult and sometimes unconfirmed, and encephalitis remains without clear evidence-based therapies or even therapeutic goals for the prevention of high neurologic sequelae. This article provides a framework for pediatric intensivists to guide the diagnosis and management of patients with suspected encephalitis. It provides an in-depth review of the most common causes of encephalitis in children. The article promotes early recognition, appropriate testing and empiric treatment, and management of the expected complications of acute encephalitis.

Indexed as

EncephalitisAcute DiseaseAdolescentAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntiviral AgentsChildChild, PreschoolContraindicationsCritical CareDiagnosis, DifferentialDiagnostic ImagingElectroencephalographyHematologic TestsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntiviral Agents

Identifiers

PMID23537675
PMCPMC7126883
OpenAlexW4205487741

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Registered trials

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