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ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2017

Corticosteroids for sore throat: a clinical practice guideline.

Bert Aertgeerts, Thomas Agoritsas, Reed A C Siemieniuk, Jako Burgers, Geertruida E Bekkering, Arnaud Merglen, Mieke van Driel, Mieke Vermandere, Dominique Bullens, Patrick Mbah Okwen and 11 more

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Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 14 institutions in 12 countries.

Bert AertgeertsAcademic Centre for General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Belgium bert.aertgeerts@kuleuven.be.
Thomas AgoritsasDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4L8.
Reed A C SiemieniukDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4L8.
Jako BurgersDutch College of General Practitioners, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Geertruida E BekkeringAcademic Centre for General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Belgium.
Arnaud MerglenDivision of General Pediatrics, University Hospitals of Geneva & Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Mieke van DrielPrimary Care Clinical Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Mieke VermandereAcademic Centre for General Practice, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Belgium.
Dominique BullensPediatric Immunology, Department of microbiology and immunology, KU Leuven, Belgium.
Patrick Mbah OkwenBali District Hospital, Bali and Centre for Development of Best practices in Health Yaounde, Cameroon.
Ricardo NiñoOtorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Clinica del Country, Bogota, Colombia.
Ann van den BruelNIHR Oxford Diagnostic Evidence Cooperative, Oxford, UK.
Lyubov LytvynOslo University Hospital, Forskningsveien 2b, Blindern 0317 Oslo, Norway.
Carla Berg-NelsonThe Society for Participatory Medicine, Newburyport, MA 01950-1183, USA.
Shunjie ChuaMOH Holdings, 1 Maritime Square, Singapore, Singapore 099253.
Jack LeahyCochrane UK, London, UK.
Jennifer RavenCochrane Consumers Group, Halifax, Canada.
Michael WeinbergWashington DC, USA.
Behnam SadeghiradDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4L8.
Per O VandvikDepartment of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Romina Brignardello-PetersenCEBAM, Belgian Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Cochrane Belgium, Leuven, Belgium.
KU Leuven · BEMcMaster University · CAUniversity of Oxford · GBClínica Santa María · COCochrane · CACochrane · GBDutch College of General Practitioners · NLImpact · CAMOH Holdings · SGNewbury College · USOslo University Hospital · NOUniversity of Chile · CLUniversity of Geneva · CHUniversity of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Adrenal Cortex HormonesHumansPharyngitisPractice Guidelines as TopicAdrenal Cortex Hormones

Identifiers

PMID28931507
PMCPMC6284245
OpenAlexW2756226120

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Registered trials

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