Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30410211›Full record

ReviewAustralian prescriber2018

Drugs for benign prostatic hypertrophy.

Manasi Jiwrajka, William Yaxley, Sachinka Ranasinghe, Marlon Perera, Matthew J Roberts, John Yaxley

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In one paragraph

Review in Australian prescriber, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 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

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Manasi JiwrajkaRoyal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.
William YaxleyRoyal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.
Sachinka RanasingheRoyal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.
Marlon PereraRoyal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.
Matthew J RobertsRoyal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.
John YaxleyRoyal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.
Urology Team · USAustin Health · AURoyal Brisbane and Women's Hospital · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AUUniversity of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

benign prostatic hyperplasia is a common condition it can cause problems with urine storage and voiding and the severity of symptoms may be unrelated to the size of the prostateWHEN DRUG TREATMENT IS REQUIRED BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA CAN BE MANAGED WITH MONOTHERAPY OR COMBINATION THERAPY MOST PATIENTS ARE MANAGED WITH SELECTIVE ALPHA BLOCKERS: PATIENTS WITH LARGER PROSTATE VOLUMES MAY BENEFIT FROM A 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE INHIBITOR USUALLY IN COMBINATION WITH AN ALPHA BLOCKER:

Indexed as

5-alpha-reductase inhibitorsalpha blockersbenign prostatic hyperplasia

Identifiers

PMID30410211
PMCPMC6202296
OpenAlexW2895215197

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.