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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020

Effectiveness and Safety of Topical Chlorhexidine and Vitamin E TPGS in the Treatment of

Ciro Caruso, Daniela Eletto, Michele Rinaldi, Luigi Pacente, Salvatore Troisi, Francesco Semeraro, Roberto dell'Omo, Ciro Costagliola

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Ciro CarusoCorneal Transplant Centre, Pellegrini Hospital, 80134 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6023-4277
Daniela ElettoDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6967-1812
Michele RinaldiEye Clinic, Multidisciplinary Department of Medical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80131 Naples, Italy.
Luigi PacenteCorneal Transplant Centre, Pellegrini Hospital, 80134 Naples, Italy.
Salvatore TroisiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Salerno University Hospital, 84131 Salerno, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9939-0189
Francesco SemeraroDepartment of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2275-4917
Roberto dell'OmoDepartment of Medicine and Health Science, "V. Tiberio", University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7663-8874
Ciro CostagliolaDepartment of Medicine and Health Science, "V. Tiberio", University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8477-6188
Ospedale dei Pellegrini · ITUniversity of Molise · ITUniversity of Salerno · ITUniversity of Brescia · ITUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to test the effectiveness of a solution of chlorhexidine (CHX) and D-α-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol succinate (Vitamin E TPGS or TPGS) in the treatment of

Indexed as

Acanthamoeba keratitischlorhexidinedrug delivery systemsocular infectionsvitamin E TPGS

Identifiers

PMID33238434
PMCPMC7700543
OpenAlexW3107306548

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