Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25179000›Full record

ReviewMedizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin2014

[Diagnosis and therapy of an acute abdomen].

A Hecker, B Hecker, K Kipfmüller, J Holler, E Schneck, M Reichert, M A Weigand, W Padberg, M Hecker

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In one paragraph

Review in Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Acute Abdomen: Structured Diagnosis and Treatment.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A HeckerKlinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral-, Thorax-, Transplantations- und Kinderchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH, Standort Gießen, Rudolf-Buchheim-Str. 7, 35392, Gießen, Deutschland, andreas.hecker@chiru.med.uni-giessen.de.
B Hecker
K Kipfmüller
J Holler
E Schneck
M Reichert
M A Weigand
W Padberg
M Hecker
Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with signs of an acute abdomen continue to be a challenge for both the emergency physician and the intensivist. Clinical symptoms usually result from secondary peritonitis possibly progressing to intraabdominal sepsis. Critically ill patients need rapid diagnostic work-up and an interdisciplinary therapeutic approach. Among patients with secondary peritonitis, those with postoperative peritonitis (e.g., after anastomotic leakage) show a particularly high mortality because of unspecific symptoms. Beyond routine diagnostic procedures, patients with an acute abdomen often require a CT scan which helps to detect the septic focus, thereby often allowing an interventional source control. Therapy consists of three main elements: source control, broad-spectrum antimicrobial therapy, and supportive intensive care medicine.

Indexed as

Emergency Service, HospitalIntensive Care UnitsAbdomen, AcuteAnti-Bacterial AgentsCombined Modality TherapyDiagnosis, DifferentialDrainageEarly DiagnosisEarly Medical InterventionPeritonitisPrognosisSurgical Wound InfectionTomography, X-Ray ComputedAnti-Bacterial Agents

Identifiers

PMID25179000
OpenAlexW229726735

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

None linked

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.