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ArticleBMJ case reports2019

Emily Martyn, Betty Gration, Chitra Somasundaram, Peter L Chiodini

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% 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

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

Emily MartynMicrobiology Department, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK emily.martyn@nhs.net.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4981-9298
Betty GrationDivision of Infection, University College London Hospitals, London, UK.
Chitra SomasundaramGastroenterology Department, North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK.
Peter L ChiodiniDepartment of Clinical Parasitology, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, UK.
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust · GBHospital for Tropical Diseases · GBRoyal London Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An 81-year-old Jamaican man who has been resident in the UK for many years presented with one week history of generalised abdominal pain, postprandial vomiting, anorexia, weight loss and abdominal distension. He was managed conservatively for acute small bowel obstruction. Investigations revealed a duodenal stricture. Live

Indexed as

Abdominal PainAged, 80 and overAnimalsAnorexiaAntiparasitic AgentsFecesHTLV-I InfectionsHumansIntestinal ObstructionIvermectinMaleStrongyloides stercoralisStrongyloidiasisTreatment OutcomeWeight LossAntiparasitic AgentsIvermectinstomach and duodenumtropical medicine (infectious disease)

Identifiers

PMID31822534
PMCPMC6904184
OpenAlexW2996034426

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.