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ArticleBMJ case reports2020

Discitis following urinary tract infection manifesting as recurrent autonomic dysreflexia related to truncal movements in a person with tetraplegia.

Vaidyanathan Subramanian, Peter Hughes, Bakul Soni, Tun Oo

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. 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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3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
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

3 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Vaidyanathan SubramanianSpinal Injuries, Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, Southport, UK subramanian.vaidyanathan@nhs.net.
Peter HughesRadiology Department, Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, Southport, UK.
Bakul SoniSpinal Injuries, Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, Southport, UK.
Tun OoSpinal Injuries, Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, Southport, UK.
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 44-year-old male person with tetraplegia (C-5 AIS-A (American Spinal Cord Injury Association Standard Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury Impairment Scale)) developed urinary tract infection and received appropriate antibiotic. Subsequently, he started sweating and shivering when he was sitting up; these symptoms resolved while lying on his back. Autonomic dysreflexia triggered by truncal movements continued to occur for 3 months. CT of the spine showed L5-S1 discitis. MRI of the spine showed diffuse marrow oedema in L5 and S1 vertebrae and a large abscess at L5/S1 level. Blood culture yielded

Indexed as

AdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsAutonomic DysreflexiaDiscitisHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMalePostureQuadriplegiaSerratia marcescensTreatment OutcomeUrinary Tract InfectionsAnti-Bacterial Agentsinfectionsmusculoskeletal and joint disordersurinary and genital tract disorders

Identifiers

PMID33334762
PMCPMC7747577
OpenAlexW3114297141

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