Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30549311›Full record

ArticleAmerican journal of hematology2019

Procalcitonin as a biomarker to differentiate bacterial infections from engraftment syndrome following autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma.

Bettina M Knoll, Jibran Ahmed, Michael Karass, Amandeep Aujla, Patricia McHale, Patricia Kretschmer, Amitabha Mazumder, Karen Seiter, Tauseef Ahmed, Seah H Lim

Abstract readLetter
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in American journal of hematology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. 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

10 authors.

Bettina M KnollTransplant Infectious Diseases, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York.
Jibran AhmedDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York.
Michael KarassDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York.
Amandeep AujlaDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York.ORCID 0000-0003-1449-7794
Patricia McHaleDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York.
Patricia KretschmerDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York.
Amitabha MazumderDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York.
Karen SeiterDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York.
Tauseef AhmedDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York.
Seah H LimDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York.ORCID 0000-0002-4135-5989

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AgedBacterial InfectionsBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleFeverHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedMultiple MyelomaOpportunistic InfectionsProcalcitoninRetrospective StudiesBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinProcalcitonin

Identifiers

PMID30549311
PMCPMC7159451

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.