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ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences

Use of Aspirin and Statin as primary prevention for cardiovascular diseases.

Bahaa Aba Alkhail, Rahila Iftikhar, Adnan Al Shaikh

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Article in Pakistan journal of medical sciences. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Aspirin Use among Saudi Adults: The Prevalence and Users' Characteristics.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bahaa Aba AlkhailBahaa Aba Alkhail, Department of Family and Community Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Rahila IftikharRahila Iftikhar, Department of Family and Community Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Adnan Al ShaikhAdnan Al Shaikh, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Science, Pediatric Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City-W, MNGHA, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo ascertain whether recommendations for the use of Statins and Aspirin as primary prevention in diabetic patients are correctly implemented at our institution.

methodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted between February 2014 and April 2014 at the General Practice Department of King Abdulaziz University Hospital. Three hundred twelve patients were included in the study. Data were collected from the electronic patient medical records for the characteristics of the patients, existing co-morbidities, and results of laboratory investigations. Descriptive statistics were performed for all variables.

resultsOf 312 patients, aspirin was indicated for 17.0% but it was not prescribed. It was both indicated and prescribed in 36.2% of the cases. Statin treatment was indicated in 27.2% of the patients but it was not prescribed, while in 63.1% of cases it was indicated and prescribed.

conclusionThe proportion of patients who achieved treatment targets at our institution is greater than that reported by other studies, albeit treatment targets are not being met in a significant number of cases.

Indexed as

AspirinCardiovascular diseaseDiabetes mellitusPrimary preventionStatin

Identifiers

PMID28083021
PMCPMC5216277
OpenAlexW2555761104

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