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ReviewThe Ulster medical journal2018

Meningococcal Disease Section 3: Diagnosis and Management: MeningoNI Forum.

B C Millar, L Banks, T W Bourke, M Cunningham, Jsg Dooley, S Elshibly, C E Goldsmith, D Fairley, K Jackson, S Lamont and 10 more

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Review in The Ulster medical journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

20 authors.

B C MillarDepartment of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7AD.
L BanksMeningitis Now, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 3TJ.
T W BourkeThe Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, BT12 6BE.
M CunninghamUniversity Health Centre at Queen's, 7 University Terrace, Belfast, BT7 1NP.
Jsg DooleySchool of Biomedical Science, Ulster University, Cromore Road, Coleraine, BT52 1SA.
S ElshiblyDepartment of Microbiology, Antrim Area Hospital, Antrim, BT41 2RL.
C E GoldsmithDepartment of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7AD.
D FairleyDepartment of Medical Microbiology, The Royal Group of Hospitals Belfast, BT12 6BA.
K JacksonThe Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, BT12 6BE.
S LamontThe Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, BT12 6BE.
L JessopNorthern Ireland Public Health Agency, Belfast, BT2 8BS.
E McCruddenThe Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, BT12 6BE.
D McConnellMeningitis Research Foundation, 71 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, BT7 1JL.
K McAuleyMeningitis Research Foundation, 71 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, BT7 1JL.
J P McKennaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, The Royal Group of Hospitals Belfast, BT12 6BA.
Pja MooreSchool of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University, University Road, Belfast, BT7 1NN.
R SmithsonNorthern Ireland Public Health Agency, Belfast, BT2 8BS.
J StirlingDepartment of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7AD.
M ShieldsThe Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast, BT12 6BE.
J E MooreDepartment of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7AD.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID29867262
PMCPMC5974663

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