Bibliographic databases: some critical points.

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.

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.

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Five regions, five retinopathy screening programmes: a systematic review of how Portugal addresses the challenge.BMC health services research · 2021
   Pooled it
2. Recent National Medical Commission Guidelines for the Promotion of Medical Educators in India.The Indian journal of radiology & imaging · 2026
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3. Systemic lupus erythematosus-related infections in pregnancy: a cross-sectional bibliometric analysis.Rheumatology international · 2026
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4. Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Pathways and Obstetric Anesthesia: A Bibliometric Analysis.Cureus · 2025
   Review
5. Identifying and Describing the Impact of Cyclone, Storm and Flood Related Disasters on Treatment Management, Care and Exacerbations of Non-communicable Diseases and the Implications for Public Health.PLoS currents · 2015
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6. Multidisciplinary bibliographic databases.Journal of Korean medical science · 2013
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7. Choosing the target journal: do authors need a comprehensive approach?Journal of Korean medical science · 2013
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8. Acta informatica medica is indexed in pubmed and archived in pubmed central.Acta informatica medica : AIM : journal of the Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia & Herzegovina : casopis Drustva za medicinsku informatiku BiH · 2013
   Article

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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