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ArticleThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2014

Acupuncture for acute hordeolum.

Ke Cheng, Xue Wang, Menghu Guo, L Susan Wieland, Xueyong Shen, Lixing Lao

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Article in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
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, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Acupuncture for acute hordeolum.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
    Pooled it
  2. Non-surgical interventions for acute internal hordeolum.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
    Pooled it
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ke ChengCollege of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xue WangDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Menghu GuoCollege of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
L Susan WielandCenter for Evidence-based Medicine, Brown University Public Health Program, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Xueyong ShenCollege of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Research Center of Acupuncture & Meridians, Shanghai, China.
Lixing LaoSchool of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNJohn Brown University · USJohns Hopkins University · USUniversity of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

Cochrane Complementary Medicine Field: Resource for ResearchR24AT001293 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI BERMAN, BRIAN M, WIELAND, LISA SUSAN · 2003 to 2022
$9.4M
Comparative Effectiveness Research & the Cochrane Eyes & Vision GroupU01EY020522 · NEI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI DICKERSIN, KAY · 2010 to 2016
$9.2M
NCCIH NIH HHS R24 AT001293NEI NIH HHS U01 EY020522
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: The objective of this review is to determine the effects and, when possible, the safety of acupuncture for the treatment of acute hordeola, in comparison to no specific treatment (e.g., observation), sham acupuncture, or other active treatments. Acupuncture as an adjuvant to another treatment also will be compared to that treatment alone.

Identifiers

PMID25214814
PMCPMC4157616
OpenAlexW4246844838

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