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Trial reportNutrients2017

Probiotic Supplementation in Preterm: Feeding Intolerance and Hospital Cost.

Flavia Indrio, Giuseppe Riezzo, Silvio Tafuri, Maria Ficarella, Barbara Carlucci, Massimo Bisceglia, Lorenzo Polimeno, Ruggiero Francavilla

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Nutrients, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 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

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Flavia IndrioDepartment of Pediatric, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Ospedale Pediatrico Giovanni XXIII via Amendola 276, 70125 Bari, Italy. f.indrio@neonatologia.uniba.it.
Giuseppe RiezzoLaboratory of Nutritional Physiopathology, National Institute for Digestive Diseases, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (I.R.C.C.S.), Saverio de Bellis, 70013 Castellana Grotte (BA), Italy. griezzo@gmail.com.
Silvio TafuriDepartment of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Section of Hygiene, Aldo Moro University of Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy. silvio.tafuri@uniba.it.
Maria FicarellaDepartment of Pediatric, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Ospedale Pediatrico Giovanni XXIII via Amendola 276, 70125 Bari, Italy. maria.ficarella@hotmail.com.
Barbara CarlucciDivision of Neonatology, Ospedale Perrino, 72100 Brindisi, Italy. bcalucci@lbero.it.
Massimo BiscegliaDepartment of Pediatrics, Neonatology Division San Giovanni di Dio Hospital, 88900 Crotone, Italy. m.bisceglia@tin.it.
Lorenzo PolimenoDepartment of Organ Transplantation, Gastroenterology Section, University Aldo Moro Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy. lorenzo.polimeno@uniba.it.
Ruggiero FrancavillaDepartment of Pediatric, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Ospedale Pediatrico Giovanni XXIII via Amendola 276, 70125 Bari, Italy. rfrancavilla@gmail.com.
Ospedale Pediatrico Giovanni XXIII · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · ITGastroenterology Hospital "Saverio de Bellis" · ITNuovo Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio · ITOspedale A. Perrino · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We hypothesized that giving the probiotic strain

Indexed as

Limosilactobacillus reuteriCytokinesDouble-Blind MethodFecesFemaleGastrointestinal MotilityGene Expression RegulationHealth Care CostsHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureLength of StayMaleProbioticsCytokinesfeeding intolerancepreterm newbornprobiotic

Identifiers

PMID28858247
PMCPMC5622725
OpenAlexW2751401859

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