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ArticleBMJ case reports2019

Teenage kicks: splenic rupture secondary following infectious mononucleosis.

Stephen Gilmartin, Stephen Hatton, John Ryan

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In one paragraph

Article in BMJ case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephen GilmartinEmergency Department, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Stephen HattonEmergency Department, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
John RyanEmergency Department, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
St. Vincent's University Hospital · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 16-year-old man was brought to the emergency department by his father with apparent alcohol intoxication. While in the department, it was noted that the patient had ongoing tachycardia, hypotension and abdominal pain. His recent medical history included a self-resolving illness of fatigue, muscle aches and sore throat. A CT scan of his abdomen revealed an enlarged spleen with a splenic infarct and rupture, likely secondary to infectious mononucleosis. The patient was treated conservatively for 12 days.

Indexed as

Abdominal CavityAbdominal PainAdolescentAlcoholic IntoxicationConservative TreatmentDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansInfectious MononucleosisMaleRupture, SpontaneousSpleenSplenic RuptureTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment Outcomegeneral surgeryinfectious diseasestrauma

Identifiers

PMID31133551
PMCPMC6536243
OpenAlexW2947367911

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