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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2019

The Serotonin Syndrome: From Molecular Mechanisms to Clinical Practice.

James Francescangeli, Kunal Karamchandani, Meghan Powell, Anthony Bonavia

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
62citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
11.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

62 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 151 citations in OpenAlex.

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2 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 1 institution in 1 country.

James FrancescangeliDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. jfrancescangeli@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
Kunal KaramchandaniDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. kkaramchandani@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3089-8088
Meghan PowellDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. mpowell2@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
Anthony BonaviaDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033, USA. abonavia@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9596-001X
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The serotonin syndrome is a medication-induced condition resulting from serotonergic hyperactivity, usually involving antidepressant medications. As the number of patients experiencing medically-treated major depressive disorder increases, so does the population at risk for experiencing serotonin syndrome. Excessive synaptic stimulation of 5-HT

Indexed as

Practice Patterns, Physicians'AnimalsHumansPolymorphism, GeneticSerotonin SyndromeSignal Transduction5-hydroxytryptophanantidepressantsgenetic polymorphismspolypharmacyserotonin syndrome

Identifiers

PMID31075831
PMCPMC6539562
OpenAlexW2944814016

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