Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29618396›Full record

ArticleCJEM2018

Corticosteroids for a sore throat.

Skye Crawford, John Tallon

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Article in CJEM, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 96% 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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Skye Crawford*Department of Emergency Medicine,University of British Columbia,Kelowna General Hospital,Kelowna,BC.
John Tallon†Department of Emergency Medicine,University of British Columbia,Vancouver General Hospital,Vancouver,BC.
University of British Columbia · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Article chosenHayward GN, Hay AD, Moore MV, et al. Effect of oral dexamethasone without immediate antibiotics vs. placebo on acute sore throats in adults: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA 2017;317(15):1535-43.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsPharyngitisAdrenal Cortex HormonesAdultDexamethasoneHumansAdrenal Cortex HormonesAnti-Bacterial AgentsDexamethasoneacuteDexamethasoneoral corticosteroidsprimary caresore throatwithout antibiotics

Identifiers

PMID29618396
OpenAlexW2795970756

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Registered trials

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