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ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2017

QTc interval prolongation during favipiravir therapy in an Ebolavirus-infected patient.

Pierangelo Chinello, Nicola Petrosillo, Silvia Pittalis, Gianluigi Biava, Giuseppe Ippolito, Emanuele Nicastri, INMI Ebola Team

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Article in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  11. Cardiovascular implications of the COVID-19: Management of complications and drug safety concerns.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Pierangelo ChinelloLazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI), IRCCS, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7341-9000
Nicola PetrosilloLazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI), IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Silvia PittalisLazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI), IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Gianluigi BiavaLazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI), IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe IppolitoLazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI), IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Emanuele NicastriLazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI), IRCCS, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5606-8712
INMI Ebola Team

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AdultAmidesAntiviral AgentsArrhythmias, CardiacEbolavirusElectrocardiographyHemorrhagic Fever, EbolaHumansItalyLevofloxacinMalePyrazinesRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseVirus ReplicationAmidesAntiviral AgentsfavipiravirLevofloxacinPyrazinesRNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase

Identifiers

PMID29283993
PMCPMC5746205

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