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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2020

Systematic Review: Study of the Prescribing Pattern of Antibiotics in Outpatients and Emergency Departments in the Gulf Region.

Rana Kamran Mahmood, Syed Wasif Gillani, Muhammad Waqas Saeed, Muhammad Umar Hafeez, Shabaz Muhammad Gulam

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rana Kamran MahmoodCollege of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
Syed Wasif GillaniCollege of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
Muhammad Waqas SaeedCollege of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
Muhammad Umar HafeezDepartment of Pharmacy, Response Plus Medical, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Shabaz Muhammad GulamCollege of Pharmacy, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
Gulf Medical University · AERashid Hospital · AE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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antibioticsgulf countriesmedicationoutpatientprescribing

Identifiers

PMID33424594
PMCPMC7786364
OpenAlexW3110927786

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