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ArticleAdvances in medicine2016

Efficacy of Synbiotics for Treatment of Bacillary Dysentery in Children: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study.

Manijeh Kahbazi, Marzieh Ebrahimi, Nader Zarinfar, Mohammad Arjomandzadegan, Taha Fereydouni, Fatemeh Karimi, Amir Reza Najmi

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Article in Advances in medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Manijeh KahbaziInfectious Diseases Research Centre (IDRC), Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-7824-8132
Marzieh EbrahimiInfectious Diseases Research Centre (IDRC), Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.
Nader ZarinfarInfectious Diseases Research Centre (IDRC), Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.
Mohammad ArjomandzadeganInfectious Diseases Research Centre (IDRC), Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-2724-3534
Taha FereydouniInfectious Diseases Research Centre (IDRC), Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-3269-5594
Fatemeh KarimiInfectious Diseases Research Centre (IDRC), Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.
Amir Reza NajmiInfectious Diseases Research Centre (IDRC), Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.
Arak University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacillary dysentery is a major cause of children's admission to hospitals. To assess the probiotic and prebiotic (synbiotics) effects in children with dysentery in a randomized clinical trial, 200 children with dysentery were studied in 2 groups: the synbiotic group received 1 tablet/day of synbiotic for 3-5 days and the placebo group received placebo tablets (identical tablet form like probiotics). The standard treatment was administered for all patients. Duration of hospitalization, dysentery, fever, and the weight loss were assessed in each group. It was concluded that there was no significant difference in both groups in the baseline characteristics. The mean duration of dysentery reduced (

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