Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27766582›Full record

ReviewCurrent diabetes reports2016

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Inhibitors for Diabetic Retinopathy.

Dilsher S Dhoot, Robert L Avery

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Review in Current diabetes reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. Emerging roles of exosomal miRNAs in diabetes mellitus.Clinical and translational medicine · 2021
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  7. Food science & nutrition · 2020
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  8. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018
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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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dilsher S DhootCalifornia Retina Consultants and Research Foundation, 525 East Micheltorena Street, Suite A, Santa Barbara, CA, 93103, USA. ddhoot@yahoo.com.
Robert L AveryCalifornia Retina Consultants and Research Foundation, 525 East Micheltorena Street, Suite A, Santa Barbara, CA, 93103, USA.
California Retina Consultants · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The prevalence of diabetes is growing at epidemic rates in the USA. Diabetic retinopathy develops in a large proportion of patients and is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Systemic management of diabetic retinopathy has included glycemic, hypertension, and lipid control. Local ophthalmic treatment in the form of focal/grid or panretinal laser photocoagulation has been shown to prevent vision loss in diabetic edema and proliferative diabetic retinopathy, respectively. The introduction of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor for diabetic macular edema and retinopathy has provided clinicians with improved clinical outcomes with potentially less damaging effects than laser.

Indexed as

Diabetic RetinopathyHumansLaser CoagulationMacular EdemaVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AAfliberceptBevacizumabDiabetesDiabetic macular edemaDiabetic retinopathyDMERanibizumab

Identifiers

PMID27766582
OpenAlexW2535505694

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