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ReviewIndian journal of endocrinology and metabolism

Forum for Injection Technique (FIT), India: The Indian recommendations 2.0, for best practice in Insulin Injection Technique, 2015.

Nikhil Tandon, Sanjay Kalra, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Manash P Baruah, Manoj Chadha, Hemraj B Chandalia, Subhankar Chowdhury, Kesavadev Jothydev, Prasanna K M Kumar, Madhu S V and 8 more

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Review in Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Therapeutic Inertia in Type 2 Diabetes in Indian Primary Care: A Scoping Review.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2026
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  7. Bruising: A Neglected, Though Patient-Relevant Complication of Insulin Injections Coming to Light from a Real-Life Nationwide Survey.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2021
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  12. EADSG Guidelines: Insulin Storage and Optimisation of Injection Technique in Diabetes Management.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2019
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  13. Pediatric Insulin Injection Technique: A Multi-Country Survey and Clinical Practice Implications.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2018
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  18. Indian Injection Technique Study: Population Characteristics and Injection Practices.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2017
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  19. Indian Injection Technique Study: Injecting Complications, Education, and the Health Care Professional.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2017
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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

18 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

Nikhil TandonDepartment of Endocrinology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, India.
Sanjay KalraDepartment of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital and BRIDE, Karnal, Haryana, India.
Yatan Pal Singh BalharaDepartment of Psychiatry, National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
Manash P BaruahDepartment of Endocrinology, Excel Center (unit of Excel Care Hospitals), Guwahati, Assam, India.
Manoj ChadhaDepartment of Endocrinology, P.D. Hinduja Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India.
Hemraj B ChandaliaDepartment of Endocrinology, Diabetes Endocrinology Nutrition Management and Research Centre (DENMARC), Mumbai, India.
Subhankar ChowdhuryDepartment of Endocrinology, IPGME and R and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, India.
Kesavadev JothydevCEO and Director, Jothydev's Diabetes and Reserarch Center, Trivindrum, India.
Prasanna K M KumarDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, M S Ramiah Medical College, Bangalore, India.
Madhu S VDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Ambrish MithalDepartment of Endocrinology, Medanta Medicity, Gurgaon, India.
Sonal ModiDepartment of Nutrition, Diabetes Endocrinology Nutrition Management and Research Centre (DENMARC), Mumbai, India.
Shailesh PitaleDepartment of Endocrinology, Pitale Diabetes and Hormone Center, Nagpur, India.
Rakesh SahayDepartment of Endocrinology, Osmania Medical College and Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad, India.
Rishi ShuklaDepartment of Endocrinology, Regency Hospital Pvt. Ltd. and Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Kanpur, India.
Annamalai SundaramDepartment of Endocrinology, Ambedkar Institute of Diabetes, Govt. Kilpauk Medical College, Kilpauk, Chennai, India.
Ambika G UnnikrishnanChief Endocrinologist and CEO, Chellaram Diabetes Institute, Pune, India.
Subhash K WangnooConsultant Endocrinologist and Head, Apollo Centre for Obesity, Diabetes and Endocrinology (ACODE), Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences · INBharti Hospital · INCARE Hospitals · INDiabetes Care & Hormone Clinic · INGovernment Kilpauk Medical College · INIndraprastha Apollo Hospitals · INInstitute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research · INOsmania General Hospital · INP. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As injectable therapies such as human insulin, insulin analogs, and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists are used to manage diabetes, correct injection technique is vital for the achievement of glycemic control. The forum for injection technique India acknowledged this need for the first time in India and worked to develop evidence-based recommendations on insulin injection technique, to assist healthcare practitioners in their clinical practice.

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Identifiers

PMID25932385
PMCPMC4366768
OpenAlexW2009344760

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