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ReviewDer Internist2016

[Treatment of type 2 diabetes].

J J Meier

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Review in Der Internist, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

J J MeierAbteilung für Diabetologie, Universitätsklinikum St. Josef-Hospital, Klinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Gudrunstr. 56, 44791, Bochum, Deutschland. juris.meier@rub.de.
St. Josef-Hospital · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New glucose-lowering drugs have raised the complexity of diabetes treatment in recent years. While metformin is still the first choice in monotherapy for most cases, various options exist for dual combination therapy. In addition, combinations of three different oral glucose-lowering drugs are increasingly used. Insulin therapy is typically initiated using once daily administration of a long-acting insulin. If basal insulin alone is no longer sufficient, treatment can be intensified by adding short-acting insulin at mealtime or by combining basal insulin with oral glucose-lowering drugs or a glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 analogue. The choice of the most appropriate glucose-lowering drug should take into account not only the glucose-lowering efficacy, but also the side effect profile of the respective agents; economic factors must be considered as well. Modern treatment of type 2 diabetes should aim for near-normal glucose control.

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Drug Administration ScheduleDrug Therapy, CombinationEvidence-Based MedicineHumansHypoglycemic AgentsInsulinMetforminTreatment OutcomeHypoglycemic AgentsInsulinMetforminDipeptidyl-peptidase 4 inhibitorsGlucagon-like peptide 1 analoguesMetforminSodium-glucose transporter 2 inhibitorsSulfonylurea compounds

Identifiers

PMID26795946
OpenAlexW2281750363

What OpenQuestion holds

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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.