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ArticleMedicine2020

Effect of herbal medicine Shenghua decoction on uterine bleeding after early medical abortion: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ran Cheng, Shuhua Liu, Jianghong Gu, Lvyan Xu

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Article in Medicine, 2020. 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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2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 4 countries.

Ran ChengDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8623-4120
Shuhua Liu
Jianghong Gu
Lvyan Xu
Meta (Israel) · ILHangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundExcessive and prolonged uterine bleeding is an important obstacle for medical abortion to get popularized. Shenghua decoction (SHD) is widely used for treating uterine bleeding after early medical abortion. However, the clinical evidence is unclear.

methodsTwo researchers will dependently search literatures of SHD for the treatment of uterine bleeding after medical abortion from Web of Science, PubMed, Embase, and The Cochrane Library; traditional Chinese medicine databases; China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI); Chinese Scientific Journal Database (VIP database); and Wan-Fang Database. These inclusive data of included studies will be conducted by RevMan V5.3 software.

resultsThis systematic review and meta-analysis will provide a detailed summary of the current evidence related to the efficacy of SHD in treating uterine bleeding after early medical abortion, including the duration and volume of uterine bleeding, the medical abortion pain.

conclusionThis systematic review and meta-analysis will provide a detailed summary of the current evidence related to the efficacy of SHD in treating uterine bleeding after early medical abortion, REGISTRATION NUMBER:: PROSPERO CRD42020184465.

Indexed as

Abortion, InducedDrugs, Chinese HerbalFemaleHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicPregnancySystematic Reviews as TopicUterine HemorrhageDrugs, Chinese HerbalShenghua Decoction

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PMID33126362
PMCPMC7598838
OpenAlexW3096591984

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