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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2020

Magnetic Non-invasive Auricular Acupuncture During Eye-Exam for Retinopathy of Prematurity in Preterm Infants: A Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial.

Kimberly M L Gan, Ju-Lee Oei, Im Quah-Smith, Azanna A Kamar, Alexis A D Lordudass, Kian D Liem, Kwee Bee Lindrea, Mary Daly, Nilima Gaunker, Avneet K Mangat and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Acupuncture for procedural pain in newborn infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
    Pooled it
  2. Non-pharmacological management of infant and young child procedural pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
    Pooled it
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  5. Trial
  6. Review
  7. Acupuncture for the treatment of infantile colic.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Kimberly M L GanFaculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia.
Ju-Lee OeiSchool of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia.
Im Quah-SmithSchool of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia.
Azanna A KamarNeonatology Unit, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Alexis A D LordudassNeonatology Unit, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Kian D LiemDepartment of Neonatology, Radboudumc Amalia Children's Hospital, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Kwee Bee LindreaDepartment of Newborn Care, The Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
Mary DalyDepartment of Newborn Care, The Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
Nilima GaunkerDepartment of Newborn Care, The Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick, NSW, Australia.
Avneet K MangatNeonatal Research Unit, Centre for the Studies of Asphyxia and Resuscitation, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Maryna YaskinaWomen and Children's Health Research Institute (WCHRI), University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Georg M SchmölzerNeonatal Research Unit, Centre for the Studies of Asphyxia and Resuscitation, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Royal Hospital for Women · AUUNSW Sydney · AUUniversity Malaya Medical Centre · MYAmalia Kinderziekenhuis · NLRoyal Alexandra Hospital · CAUniversity of Alberta · CAWomen and Children’s Health Research Institute · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

acupunctural analgesiaacupuncturenewbornpainretinopathy of prematurity

Identifiers

PMID33425820
PMCPMC7786201
OpenAlexW3115842720

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Registered trials

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