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ArticleMedical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran2018

Prevalence of nosocomial infections in Iran: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ahmad Ghashghaee, Masoud Behzadifar, Samad Azari, Zeynab Farhadi, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Meysam Behzadifar, Sahar Sadat Saeedi Shahri, Mozhgan Sadat Ghaemmohamadi, Faezeh Ebadi, Roghayeh Mohammadibakhsh and 2 more

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Article in Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Iranian Nurses' Knowledge of Neutropenia and Their Practice for Infection Prevention in Patients with Cancer.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ahmad GhashghaeeStudent Research Committee, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Masoud BehzadifarHealth Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Samad AzariHealth Management and Economics Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Zeynab FarhadiBabol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
Nicola Luigi BragazziSchool of Public Health, Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Meysam BehzadifarSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.
Sahar Sadat Saeedi ShahriStudent Research Committee, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mozhgan Sadat GhaemmohamadiStudent Research Committee, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Faezeh EbadiStudent Research Committee, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Roghayeh MohammadibakhshDepartment of Health Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hesam SeyedinDepartment of Health Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mahya Razi MoghadamStudent Research Committee, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Iran University of Medical Sciences · IRBabol University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of Genoa · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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HospitalIranMeta-analysisNosocomial infectionsPrevalenceSystematic review

Identifiers

PMID30159299
PMCPMC6108288
OpenAlexW2892145526

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