Withdrawn: Incidence and Risk Factors of Emergence Delirium after Anesthesia in Elderly Patients at a Postanesthesia Care Unit in Ethiopia: Prospective Observational Study.

Muleta Teshome Assefa, Wubie Birlie Chekol, Debas Yaregal Melesse, Yonas Addisu Nigatu

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Article in Patient related outcome measures, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

2citing papers in PubMed

0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 40% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

Incidence and associated factors of inadequate emergence in elderly patients undergoing elective major abdominal surgery: a prospective cohort study in Northwest Ethiopia.BMJ open · 2026
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Prevalence of Emergence Delirium and Associated Factors among Older Patients Who Underwent Elective Surgery: A Multicenter Observational Study.Anesthesiology research and practice · 2022
Article

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

Retraction · 2021-08-10Copyright Claims · Lack of Approval from Third Party ·
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Incidence and Risk Factors of Emergence Delirium After Anesthesia in Elderly Patients at a Postanesthesia Care Unit in Ethiopia: Prospective Observational Study [Removal].2021

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Muleta Teshome AssefaDepartment of Anesthesia, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, Ethiopia.

Wubie Birlie ChekolDepartment of Anesthesia, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0001-9438-8840

Debas Yaregal MelesseDepartment of Anesthesia, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0002-9989-8388

Yonas Addisu NigatuDepartment of Anesthesia, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, Ethiopia.

University of Gondar · ET

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For legal reasons, the publisher has withdrawn this article from public view. For additional information, please contact the publisher.

Identifiers

PMID33603526

DOI10.2147/PROM.S297871

OpenAlexW3128586155

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