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ArticleScientific reports2018

Effects of blood glucose level on 18F fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) uptake for PET/CT in normal organs: an analysis on 5623 patients.

Clarice Sprinz, Matheus Zanon, Stephan Altmayer, Guilherme Watte, Klaus Irion, Edson Marchiori, Bruno Hochhegger

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 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

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Clarice SprinzDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Mãe de Deus - R., Costa, 40, Porto Alegre, Postcode 90110-270, Brazil.
Matheus ZanonMedical Imaging Research Lab, LABIMED, Department of Radiology, Pavilhão Pereira Filho Hospital, Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre - Av., Independência, 75, Porto Alegre, Postcode 90020160, Brazil. mhgzanon@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7851-5125
Stephan AltmayerMedical Imaging Research Lab, LABIMED, Department of Radiology, Pavilhão Pereira Filho Hospital, Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre - Av., Independência, 75, Porto Alegre, Postcode 90020160, Brazil.
Guilherme WatteMedical Imaging Research Lab, LABIMED, Department of Radiology, Pavilhão Pereira Filho Hospital, Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre - Av., Independência, 75, Porto Alegre, Postcode 90020160, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6948-3982
Klaus IrionDepartment of Radiology, Central Manchester University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust - Trust,, Headquarters, Cobbett House, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester, Postcode M139WL, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7860-7879
Edson MarchioriDepartment of Radiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Medical School - Av., Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Rio de Janeiro, Postcode 21941-902, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8797-7380
Bruno HochheggerDepartment of Radiology, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - Av., Ipiranga, 6681, Porto Alegre, Postcode 90619900, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1984-4636
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BRHospital Mãe de Deus · BRIrmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo · BRManchester Royal Infirmary · GBUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our purpose was to evaluate the effect of glycemia on

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AgedBlood GlucoseBrainFemaleFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansLiverLungMaleMiddle AgedPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyRadiopharmaceuticalsRetrospective StudiesBlood GlucoseFluorodeoxyglucose F18Radiopharmaceuticals

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PMID29391555
PMCPMC5794870
OpenAlexW2802218762

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