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ArticleQatar medical journal2020

Temporal and seasonal trends of hospitalization and mortality associated with necrotizing fasciitis: A retrospective study of 12 years (2002-2013).

Ahammed Mekkodathil, Ayman El-Menyar, Insolvisagan Natesa Mudali, Maryam Al-Sulaiti, Nissar Shaikh, Hassan Al-Thani

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Article in Qatar medical journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 46% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Time to diagnose and time to surgery in patients presenting with necrotizing fasciitis: a retrospective analysis.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ahammed MekkodathilClinical Research, Trauma Surgery Section, Department of Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
Ayman El-Menyar
Insolvisagan Natesa MudaliTrauma Surgery Section, Department of Surgery, Hamad General Hospital.
Maryam Al-SulaitiDepartment of Surgery, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
Nissar ShaikhDepartment of Anesthesia & ICU, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Hassan Al-ThaniTrauma Surgery Section, Department of Surgery, Hamad General Hospital.
Hamad General Hospital · QAHamad Medical Corporation · QAWeill Cornell Medical College in Qatar · QA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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necrotizing fasciitisQatarseasontemporal trend

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PMID33425693
PMCPMC7759011
OpenAlexW3120850888

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