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ArticleBMJ case reports2014

Takes two to tango.

Phanibhushana C Munipalle, Alison Luther, Sarah Blake, Caroline Burt

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In one paragraph

Article in BMJ case reports, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact, top 89% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
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.

Phanibhushana C MunipalleDepartment of General Surgery, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK.
Alison Luther
Sarah Blake
Caroline Burt
Frenchay Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 17-year-old girl was admitted with acute abdominal pain, vomiting and a leucocytosis, and was initially thought to have appendicitis. She underwent laparoscopic appendicectomy, where the tip of the appendix was noted to be mildly inflamed and she was discharged home the day after surgery. Two days later, she re-presented with small bowel obstruction which was subsequently demonstrated to be due to ingestion of five magnetic beads. She required a laparotomy and small bowel resection to resolve the obstruction, but has since fully recovered. This case highlights the potential intestinal complications caused by the intake of magnetic objects, and based on a literature review a number of recommendations are made to guide clinicians when managing similar cases.

Indexed as

Intestine, SmallAdolescentAppendicitisDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleForeign BodiesHumansIntestinal ObstructionMagnets

Identifiers

PMID24591386
PMCPMC3948143
OpenAlexW2008965979

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.