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ArticleBMJ case reports2018

Zaid Al-Ishaq, Oishi Sikdar, Donald Dobie, Tapan Sircar

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In one paragraph

Article in BMJ case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zaid Al-IshaqDepartment of Surgery, New Cross Hospital, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK.
Oishi SikdarImperial College School of Medicine, London, UK.
Donald DobieDepartment of microbiology, New cross hospital,Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK.
Tapan SircarDepartment of Surgery, New Cross Hospital, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK.
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust · GBImperial College London · GBNew Cross Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast abscess is a common clinical condition mostly caused by

Indexed as

AbscessAnti-Bacterial AgentsBreastCiprofloxacinDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansMastitisMiddle AgedSalmonella entericaSalmonella enteritidisSalmonella InfectionsTreatment OutcomeUnited KingdomAnti-Bacterial AgentsCiprofloxacinbreast surgerytropical medicine (infectious disease)

Identifiers

PMID30381305
PMCPMC6214399
OpenAlexW2899399935

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.