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Observational studyBreastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine2016

ABM Clinical Protocol #20: Engorgement, Revised 2016.

Pamela Berens, Wendy Brodribb

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Observational study in Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Treatments for breast engorgement during lactation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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  4. Quality and reliability of YouTube videos on breast engorgement.International breastfeeding journal · 2026
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  5. The "Lactation After Infant Death (AID) Framework": A Guide for Online Health Information Provision About Lactation After Stillbirth and Infant Death.Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association · 2020
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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

2 authors.

Pamela Berens1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston , Houston, Texas.
Wendy Brodribb2 Discipline of General Practice, University of Queensland , Brisbane, Australia .

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A central goal of The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is the development of clinical protocols for managing common medical problems that may impact breastfeeding success. These protocols serve only as guidelines for the care of breastfeeding mothers and infants and do not delineate an exclusive course of treatment or serve as standards of medical care. Variations in treatment may be appropriate according to the needs of an individual patient.

Indexed as

AdultAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalBreastBreast FeedingClinical ProtocolsComplementary TherapiesFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLactationLactation DisordersMassageMilk, HumanObservational Studies as TopicPregnancyAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal

Identifiers

PMID27070206
PMCPMC4860650

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