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Trial reportEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2018

The diagnostic value of

Ilse J E Kouijzer, Henk Scheper, Jacky W J de Rooy, Johan L Bloem, Marcel J R Janssen, Leon van den Hoven, Allard J F Hosman, Leo G Visser, Wim J G Oyen, Chantal P Bleeker-Rovers and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

47 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 103 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Diagnostic performance ofEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2020
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  13. Vertebral osteomyelitis in patients with infective endocarditis: prevalence, risk factors and mortality.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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  17. Differentiation of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis: A Comprehensive Review of Imaging Techniques and Future Applications.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024
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  18. Value ofWorld journal of nuclear medicine · 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

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Ilse J E KouijzerDepartment of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. ilse.kouijzer@radboudumc.nl.
Henk ScheperDepartment of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Jacky W J de RooyDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Johan L BloemDepartment of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Marcel J R JanssenDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Leon van den HovenTechnical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands.
Allard J F HosmanDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Leo G VisserDepartment of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Wim J G OyenDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Chantal P Bleeker-RoversDepartment of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Lioe-Fee de Geus-OeiMIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, Biomedical Photonic Imaging Group, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands.
Leiden University Medical Center · NLRadboud University Nijmegen · NLRadboud University Medical Center · NLUniversity of Twente · NLRoyal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic value of

methodsFrom November 2015 until December 2016, 32 patients with suspected vertebral osteomyelitis were prospectively included. All patients underwent both

resultsFor

conclusion

Indexed as

Magnetic Resonance ImagingPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansMaleMiddle AgedOsteomyelitisPositron-Emission TomographyProspective StudiesRadiopharmaceuticalsSensitivity and SpecificitySpineFluorodeoxyglucose F18Radiopharmaceuticals18F–Fdg-pet/ctAbscessesMRIVertebral osteomyelitis

Identifiers

PMID29256136
PMCPMC5978906
OpenAlexW2778107706

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