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SynthesisRevista latino-americana de enfermagem2018

Catheter-directed thrombolysis for patients with acute lower extremity deep vein thrombosis: a meta-analysis.

Wang Li, Zhang Chuanlin, Mu Shaoyu, Chao Hsing Yeh, Chen Liqun, Zhang Zeju

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Synthesis in Revista latino-americana de enfermagem, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Guideline
  2. Trial
  3. Article
  4. Outcome of Acute Deep Venous Thrombosis Using Standard Treatment versus Thrombolytics: A Literature Review.International journal of hematology-oncology and stem cell research · 2019
    Review
  5. Observational
  6. Iliac vein compression: epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment.Vascular health and risk management · 2019
    Review
  7. Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Wang LiMSc, RN, School of Nursing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, Chongqing, China.
Zhang ChuanlinMSc, RN, The First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, Chongqing, China.
Mu ShaoyuProfessor, School of Nursing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, Chongqing, China.
Chao Hsing YehPhD, Professor, School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America.
Chen LiqunMSc, RN, School of Nursing, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, Chongqing, China.
Zhang ZejuMSc, RN, School of Nursing, Chongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College, Chongqing, Chongqing, China.
Chongqing Medical University · CNChongqing Medical and Pharmaceutical College · CNJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo evaluate case series studies that quantitatively assess the effects of catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) and compare the efficacy of CDT and anticoagulation in patients with acute lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

methodsRelevant databases, including PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, Ovid MEDLINE and Scopus, were searched through January 2017. The inclusion criteria were applied to select patients with acute lower extremity DVT treated with CDT or with anticoagulation. In the case series studies, the pooled estimates of efficacy outcomes for patency rate, complete lysis, rethrombosis and post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) were calculated across the studies. In studies comparing CDT with anticoagulation, summary odds ratios (ORs) were calculated.

resultsTwenty-five articles (six comparing CDT with anticoagulation and 19 case series) including 2254 patients met the eligibility criteria. In the case series studies, the pooled results were a patency rate of 0.87 (95% CI: 0.85-0.89), complete lysis 0.58 (95% CI: 0.40-0.75), rethrombosis 0.11 (95% CI: 0.06-0.17) and PTS 0.10 (95% CI: 0.08-0.12). Six studies comparing the efficacy outcomes of CDT and anticoagulation showed that CDT was associated with a reduction of PTS (OR 0.38, 95%CI 0.26-0.55, p<0.0001) and a higher patency rate (OR 4.76, 95%CI 2.14-10.56, p<0.0001).

conclusionAcute lower extremity DVT patients receiving CDT were found to have a lower incidence of PTS and a higher incidence of patency rate. In our meta-analysis, CDT is shown to be an effective treatment for acute lower extremity DVT patients.

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Catheterization, PeripheralAcute DiseaseAnticoagulantsHumansLower ExtremityThrombolytic TherapyTreatment OutcomeVenous ThrombosisAnticoagulants

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PMID29947719
PMCPMC6047892
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