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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2021

Improving Reporting of Clinical Studies Using the POSEIDON Criteria: POSORT Guidelines.

Sandro C Esteves, Alessandro Conforti, Sesh K Sunkara, Luigi Carbone, Silvia Picarelli, Alberto Vaiarelli, Danilo Cimadomo, Laura Rienzi, Filippo Maria Ubaldi, Fulvio Zullo and 4 more

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 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

14 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Sandro C EstevesANDROFERT, Andrology and Human Reproduction Clinic, Campinas, Brazil.
Alessandro ConfortiDepartment of Neuroscience, Reproductive Science and Odontostomatology, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Sesh K SunkaraDepartment of Women's Health, Faculty of Life Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Luigi CarboneDepartment of Neuroscience, Reproductive Science and Odontostomatology, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Silvia PicarelliDepartment of Neuroscience, Reproductive Science and Odontostomatology, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Alberto VaiarelliCenter for Reproductive Medicine, GENERA, Rome, Italy.
Danilo CimadomoCenter for Reproductive Medicine, GENERA, Rome, Italy.
Laura RienziCenter for Reproductive Medicine, GENERA, Rome, Italy.
Filippo Maria UbaldiCenter for Reproductive Medicine, GENERA, Rome, Italy.
Fulvio ZulloDepartment of Neuroscience, Reproductive Science and Odontostomatology, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Claus Yding AndersenLaboratory of Reproductive Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Raoul OrvietoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Peter HumaidanFaculty of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Carlo AlviggiDepartment of Neuroscience, Reproductive Science and Odontostomatology, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples, Italy.
University of Naples Federico II · ITClinica Valle Giulia · ITAarhus University · DKKing's College London · GBSheba Medical Center · ILSkive Hospital · DK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The POSEIDON (

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Practice Guidelines as TopicPublic Reporting of Healthcare DataAdultFemaleHumansInfertility, FemaleOocytesOvarian ReservePatient-Centered CarePrecision MedicinePregnancyPrognosisQuality ImprovementReproductive Techniques, AssistedART calculatorassisted reproductive technologyguidelinesinfertilitylow prognosisovarian stimulationPatient-Oriented Strategies Encompassing IndividualizeD Oocyte Number (POSEIDON) criteriapoor response

Identifiers

PMID33815269
PMCPMC8017440
OpenAlexW3137440191

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