Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33218871›Full record

ArticleInternational journal of obstetric anesthesia2021

Decision-making on the labour ward during the COVID-19 pandemic.

K Bruce-Hickman, K Fan, F Plaat, S Sheth

Registry-linked trialAbstract readLetterComment
In one paragraph

Article in International journal of obstetric anesthesia, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07742748 (Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Carbohydrate-Optimized Nutritional Solution Versus Electrolyte Hydration in Active Labor With Epidural Analgesia in Low-Risk Pregnant Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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.

NCT07742748 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating Carbohydrate-Optimized Nutritional Solution Versus Electrolyte Hydration in Active Labor With Epidural Analgesia in Low-Risk Pregnant Women

TypeinterventionalSponsorInstitut Investigacio Sanitaria Pere VirgiliRan2025 to 2026Enrolled147ConditionsObstetric LaborArmsHigh carbohydrate sports gel, Low carbohydrate hydrogel
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The effect of COVID-19 on general anaesthesia rates for caesarean section.International journal of obstetric anesthesia · 2021
    Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

K Bruce-HickmanDepartment of Anaesthesia, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK. Electronic address: k.bruce-hickman@nhs.net.
K FanDepartment of Anaesthesia, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
F PlaatDepartment of Anaesthesia, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
S ShethDepartment of Anaesthesia, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

COVID-19PandemicsClinical Decision-MakingHumansNew York CitySARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID33218871
PMCPMC7564509

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.