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ReviewCureus2018

The Dilemma of Inadvertent Pontine Demyelinosis: A Review of Literature.

Abu Baker Sheikh, Rao M Afzal, Shazib Sagheer, Marvi M Bukhari, Anam Javed, Adeel Nasrullah, Usman Tariq, Fahad Athar, Muhammad Sabih Saleem

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Review in Cureus, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Abu Baker SheikhInternal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA.
Rao M AfzalInternal Medicine, Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad, PAK.
Shazib SagheerInternal Medicine, University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, USA.
Marvi M BukhariInternal Medicine, Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad, PAK.
Anam JavedInternal Medicine, College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Lahore, Lahore, PAK.
Adeel NasrullahInternal Medicine, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, USA.
Usman TariqResearch Assistant, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA.
Fahad AtharOther, Albert Einstein Medical Center , Philadelphia, USA.
Muhammad Sabih SaleemMedicine, Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, PAK.
Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia · USShifa International Hospital · PKUniversity of Lahore · PKYale University · USUniversity College Lahore · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osmotic demyelination syndrome is classically associated with a swift adjustment of previously low serum sodium levels which lead to cellular dehydration and subsequent neurological insult. We also review the epidemiology, different postulations to explain the underlying pathophysiology, current diagnostic modalities, subsequent therapeutic interventions used to manage this phenomenon, and the resultant prognosis of this ailment.

Indexed as

osmotic demyelination syndromesodium correction

Identifiers

PMID30357070
PMCPMC6197531
OpenAlexW2888507984

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Registered trials

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