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ReviewCureus2017

Dialysis: A Review of the Mechanisms Underlying Complications in the Management of Chronic Renal Failure.

Sabitha Vadakedath, Venkataramana Kandi

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Review in Cureus, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 141 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Effect of Exercise on Parathyroid Hormone Levels in Dialysis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis · 2026
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  4. Effects and safety ofFrontiers in pharmacology · 2024
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sabitha VadakedathBiochemistry, Chalmeda Anand Rao Institute of Medical Sciences.
Venkataramana KandiDepartment of Microbiology, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences.
Institute of Medical Sciences · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic renal failure (CRF) is the most prevalent, worldwide public health problem of the elderly population. The main cause of CRF is a damaged kidney. There are five stages of CRF based on the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and stage 5 (GFR < 15 ml/min/1.73m

Indexed as

cardiovascular riskchronic renal failuredialysisend stage renal diseaseglomerular filtration ratehypertension

Identifiers

PMID29067226
PMCPMC5654453
OpenAlexW2745313548

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Registered trials

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