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SynthesisJournal of cardiovascular pharmacology2015

Efficacy and Safety of Erythropoietin to Prevent Acute Kidney Injury in Patients With Critical Illness or Perioperative Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Chen Zhao, Zhenchuan Lin, Qimei Luo, Xi Xia, Xueqing Yu, Fengxian Huang

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Synthesis in Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents for preventing acute kidney injury.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  9. Human CD133Scientific reports · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chen ZhaoDepartment of Nephrology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Key Laboratory of Nephrology, Ministry of Health, Guangzhou, China.
Zhenchuan Lin
Qimei Luo
Xi Xia
Xueqing Yu
Fengxian Huang
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe aim was to investigate the efficacy and safety of erythropoietin (EPO) to prevent acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with critical illness or perioperative care.

methodsRandomized controlled trials comparing EPO with placebo for AKI prevention in adult patients with critical illness or perioperative care were searched in MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Web of Science, and Clinical Trials.gov until October 2014. The outcomes of interest included the incidence of AKI, dialysis requirement, mortality, and adverse event. Fixed effect model was used to calculate the pooled risk ratio (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for eligible studies.

resultsTen randomized controlled trials involving 2759 participants were identified and included in the analysis. Compared with placebo, EPO administration did not reduce the incidence of AKI (RR, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.79-1.19; P = 0.782), dialysis requirement (RR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.31-1.70; P = 0.457), or mortality (RR, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.78-1.18; P = 0.705). Moreover, EPO had no effect on the risk of adverse events, but estimations of RR were difficult due to their relatively infrequent occurrence.

conclusionsThis meta-analysis suggests that prophylactic administration of EPO in patients with critical illness or perioperative care does not prevent AKI, dialysis requirement, or mortality.

Indexed as

Acute Kidney InjuryAdultAgedCritical IllnessErythropoietinFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioPostoperative ComplicationsPreoperative CareRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRenal DialysisRisk AssessmentErythropoietin

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PMID26065644
PMCPMC4461384
OpenAlexW2417928642

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