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ArticleAnnals of intensive care2020

Irrespective of the degree of hyperlactatemia, similar lactate levels were associated with a lower mortality rate in metformin users compared with non-users: beware of confounders!

Patrick M Honore, Leonel Barreto Gutierrez, Luc Kugener, Sebastien Redant, Rachid Attou, Andrea Gallerani, David De Bels

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Article in Annals of intensive care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Patrick M HonoreICU Dept., Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann-Brugmann University Hospital, Place Van Gehuchtenplein, 4, 1020, Brussels, Belgium. Patrick.Honore@CHU-Brugmann.be.
Leonel Barreto GutierrezICU Dept., Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann-Brugmann University Hospital, Place Van Gehuchtenplein, 4, 1020, Brussels, Belgium.
Luc KugenerICU Dept., Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann-Brugmann University Hospital, Place Van Gehuchtenplein, 4, 1020, Brussels, Belgium.
Sebastien RedantICU Dept., Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann-Brugmann University Hospital, Place Van Gehuchtenplein, 4, 1020, Brussels, Belgium.
Rachid AttouICU Dept., Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann-Brugmann University Hospital, Place Van Gehuchtenplein, 4, 1020, Brussels, Belgium.
Andrea GalleraniICU Dept., Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann-Brugmann University Hospital, Place Van Gehuchtenplein, 4, 1020, Brussels, Belgium.
David De BelsICU Dept., Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann-Brugmann University Hospital, Place Van Gehuchtenplein, 4, 1020, Brussels, Belgium.
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann · BE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Identifiers

PMID33113564
PMCPMC7593368
OpenAlexW3096480822

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