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ArticleCase reports in cardiology2020

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Nooraldin Merza, John Lung, Taryn B Bainum, Assad Mohammedzein, Shanna James, Mazin Saadaldin, Tarek Naguib

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Article in Case reports in cardiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nooraldin MerzaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7198-1617
John LungSchool of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2027-9884
Taryn B BainumDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, Amarillo, TX, USA.
Assad MohammedzeinDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX, USA.
Shanna JamesDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, Amarillo, TX, USA.
Mazin SaadaldinDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX, USA.
Tarek NaguibDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX, USA.
Texas Tech University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 36-year-old male presented to the ED with acute chronic hyponatremia found on routine weekly lab work with one-week history of generalized weakness, confusion, nausea/vomiting, and diarrhea. The patient has nonischemic cardiomyopathy of unknown etiology diagnosed in his teens with an AICD device placed 8 years ago and receiving milrinone infusion 3 years ago via peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line. Two sets of blood cultures grew

Identifiers

PMID32015917
PMCPMC6988660
OpenAlexW2999661316

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Registered trials

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