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Trial reportJAMA pediatrics2021

Pediatric Patient and Caregiver Values in Treatment Decision-making for Uncomplicated Appendicitis.

Jordan C Apfeld, Jennifer N Cooper, Peter C Minneci, Katherine J Deans

Abstract readLetterRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in JAMA pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Appendicitis.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2025
    Review
  2. Observational
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.

Jordan C ApfeldCenter for Surgical Outcomes Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
Jennifer N CooperCenter for Surgical Outcomes Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
Peter C MinneciCenter for Surgical Outcomes Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
Katherine J DeansCenter for Surgical Outcomes Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AppendicitisCaregiversDecision Making, SharedPatient ParticipationAdolescentChildFemaleHumansMale

Identifiers

PMID32744636
PMCPMC7400192

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