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ArticleJournal of clinical pathology2017

Intra-abdominal

Vito Rodolico, Paola Di Carlo, Gaspare Gulotta, Francesco D'Arpa, Giuseppe Salamone, Gianfranco Cocorullo, Antonino Agrusa, Anna Giammanco, Consolato Sergi

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Article in Journal of clinical pathology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Vito RodolicoDepartment of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother & Child Care, Section of Anatomic Pathology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Paola Di CarloDepartment of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother & Child Care, Section of Infectious Disease, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Gaspare GulottaDepartment of General Surgery and Emergency, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Francesco D'ArpaDepartment of General Surgery and Emergency, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Giuseppe SalamoneDepartment of General Surgery and Emergency, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Gianfranco CocorulloDepartment of General Surgery and Emergency, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Antonino AgrusaDepartment of General Surgery and Emergency, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Anna GiammancoDepartment of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother & Child Care, Section of Microbiology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Consolato SergiDepartment of Lab. Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
University of Palermo · ITUniversity of Alberta · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsTo evaluate the contribution of light microscopy to detecting

methodsWe conducted a retrospective study (2008-2012) of 809 abdominal intraoperative or biopsy tissue specimens obtained from patients admitted with acute abdomen and microbiological samples positive for

resultsSixty-six patients with complicated IAIs due to

conclusionsLight microscopy still has great diagnostic significance, being a solid QA step. It provides rapid information and clues in patients who may harbour impaired defence mechanisms, concurrent chronic conditions and/or cancer.

Indexed as

Abdomen, AcuteAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntifungal AgentsCandidaCandidiasisEchinocandinsFemaleFluconazoleHumansMaleMicroscopyMiddle AgedQuality Assurance, Health CareRetrospective StudiesAntifungal AgentsEchinocandinsFluconazoleFUNGIGASTROENTEROLOGYINFECTIONSINFECTIOUS INTESTINAL DISEASE

Identifiers

PMID27941028
PMCPMC5484093
OpenAlexW2560506639

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