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ArticleWellcome open research2019

The diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in adults and adolescents: protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis to inform a multivariable prediction model.

Tom Boyles, Anna Stadelman, Jayne P Ellis, Fiona V Cresswell, Vittoria Lutje, Sean Wasserman, Nicki Tiffin, Robert Wilkinson

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Article in Wellcome open research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

8 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Tom BoylesWits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2001, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5676-8081
Anna StadelmanSchool of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1457-0931
Jayne P EllisHospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7009-9144
Fiona V CresswellClinical Research Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5070-532X
Vittoria LutjeCochrane Infectious Diseases Group, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6815-3239
Sean WassermanWellcome Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Africa, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3508-6719
Nicki TiffinWellcome Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Africa, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5083-2735
Robert WilkinsonWellcome Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Africa, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2753-1800
University of Cape Town · ZAUniversity of London · GBUniversity College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity of Liverpool · GBUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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diagnosticsmachine learningmultivariable prediction ruleTuberculous meningitis

Identifiers

PMID33585702
PMCPMC7863992
OpenAlexW2912503700

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