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ReviewOtolaryngologic clinics of North America2018

Workforce Considerations, Training, and Diseases in the Middle East.

George Richard Holt, Kevin Christopher McMains, Randal A Otto

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Review in Otolaryngologic clinics of North America, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

3 authors.

George Richard HoltDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Mail Code 7777, 8300 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA. Electronic address: holtg@uthscsa.edu.
Kevin Christopher McMainsDivision of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Audie Murphy Veterans Administration Medical Center, 7400 Merton Minter Street, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
Randal A OttoDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Mail Code 7777, 8300 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evaluating and providing global health assistance, humanitarian aid, and medical missions to Middle Eastern countries can be rewarding and challenging. A broad spectrum of financial capabilities supports effective health care delivery and infrastructure. Middle East tension can make obtaining a visa difficult. Personal safety considerations may hinder efforts to develop and carry out clinical and educational programs. Several Middle East countries have sophisticated and modern health care systems. Medical education and specialty training compares with that of Western medicine. The Middle East has a proud heritage as the foundation of many fundamental and modern medical and surgical principles.

Indexed as

Health WorkforceHumansMiddle EastNoncommunicable DiseasesOtolaryngologyDisease prevalence in the Middle EastGlobal health in the Middle EastMedical education and training in otolaryngology in the Middle EastMiddle East otolaryngology

Identifiers

PMID29544986
PMCPMC7118461

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