Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29184807›Full record

ReviewTranslational pediatrics2017

Zoledronic acid in pediatric metabolic bone disorders.

Sasigarn A Bowden, John D Mahan

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Review in Translational pediatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 39 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sasigarn A BowdenDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital/the Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
John D MahanDivision of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital/the Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Nationwide Children's Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zoledronic acid (ZA), a highly potent intravenous bisphosphonate (BP), has been increasingly used in children with primary and secondary osteoporosis due to its convenience of shorter infusion time and less frequent dosing compared to pamidronate. Many studies have also demonstrated beneficial effects of ZA in other conditions such as hypercalcemia of malignancy, fibrous dysplasia (FD), chemotherapy-related osteonecrosis (ON) and metastatic bone disease. This review summarizes pharmacologic properties, mechanism of action, dosing regimen, and therapeutic outcomes of ZA in a variety of metabolic bone disorders in children. Several potential novel uses of ZA are also discussed. Safety concerns and adverse effects are also highlighted.

Indexed as

acute phase reaction (APR)bone mineral density (BMD)fragility fractureshypercalcemiametabolic bone diseaseosteonecrosis (ON)osteoporosisZoledronic acid (ZA)

Identifiers

PMID29184807
PMCPMC5682380
OpenAlexW2766794797

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