Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26862425›Full record

ArticleClinical case reports2016

Maintaining a viable vascular access for hemodialysis in an elderly person with diabetes: a journey to live, not just to stay alive.

Debi Cowan, Lindsay Smith, Josephine Chow

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Debi CowanRenal Services Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) Holden Street Gosford New South Wales 2250 Australia; Nursing & Midwifery School of Health Sciences University of Tasmania Locked Bag 1322 Launceston Tasmania 7250 Australia.
Lindsay SmithNursing & Midwifery School of Health Sciences University of Tasmania Locked Bag 1322 Launceston Tasmania 7250 Australia.
Josephine ChowClinical Innovation & Business Unit South Western Sydney Local Health District Don Everett Building, Locked Bag 7103, BC 1871 Liverpool New South Wales 2170 Australia.
University of Tasmania · AUSydney Local Health District · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The longevity of a successful vascular access (VA) is enhanced when the care of the patient's VA is the responsibility of everyone involved, including the patient and their family. A family nursing perspective enhances VA care outcomes and increases quality of life and well-being for patients requiring hemodialysis.

Indexed as

Diabetesend‐stage kidney diseasefamily nursinghemodialysisquality of lifevascular access

Identifiers

PMID26862425
PMCPMC4736524
OpenAlexW2227885933

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Registered trials

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