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ArticleThe British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery2020

Coronavirus antibody positive tests and continued use of personal protective equipment throughout the pandemic.

J B T Herron, J Dennis, P A Brennan

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Article in The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

J B T HerronFaculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing Sunderland University, Chester Road, Sunderland SR1 3SD, UK. Electronic address: Jonathan.herron@nhs.net.
J DennisAcademic Foundation Year Two, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
P A BrennanMaxillofacial Unit, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth PO6 3LY, UK.
Imperial College London · GBQueen Alexandra Hospital · GBUniversity of Sunderland · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust not only a novel virus onto the world, but new challenges resulting in novel approaches. Governments have reduced regulation in order to facilitate timely advances to combat the disease. Antibody testing has rapidly been deployed but it is creating challenges for staff and patients. Mask use has come to the forefront and human factor (HF) strategies must be examined to reduce risk associated with lack of engagement from both healthcare staff and patients. In this we explore these issues and suggest some solutions.

Indexed as

CoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsPandemicsPersonal Protective EquipmentPneumonia, ViralBetacoronavirusCOVID-19HumansSARS-CoV-2Antibody testsCoronavirusCOVID-19pandemicPersonal Protective Equipment

Identifiers

PMID32660877
PMCPMC7305874
OpenAlexW3036280750

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Registered trials

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