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ArticleJournal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery2021

Why it is crucial to maintain oral care for patients undergoing head and neck radiotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic.

B A Rocha, P A Mendes, L M C Lima, M C Lima, P E A Souza, S M C Grossmann, G R Souto, M C R Horta

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Article in Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, 2021. 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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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

B A RochaGraduate Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Radiotherapy Service, Santa Casa Hospital and Radialis Clinic, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Electronic address: brenoamaralrocha@gmail.com.
P A MendesGraduate Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
L M C LimaRadiotherapy Service, Santa Casa Hospital and Radialis Clinic, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
M C LimaRadiotherapy Service, Santa Casa Hospital and Radialis Clinic, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
P E A SouzaGraduate Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
S M C GrossmannGraduate Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
G R SoutoGraduate Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
M C R HortaGraduate Program in Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

COVID-19Head and Neck NeoplasmsHumansNeckPandemicsSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID32777309
PMCPMC7411420

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