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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Tsuyoshi Yamada, Shigeo Shindo, Kazuyuki Otani, Osamu Nakai

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In one paragraph

Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tsuyoshi YamadaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kudanzaka Hospital, Tokyo, Japan yamada.orth@tmd.ac.jp.
Shigeo ShindoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kudanzaka Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazuyuki OtaniDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kudanzaka Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Osamu NakaiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kudanzaka Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Kudanzaka Hospital · JPTokyo Medical and Dental University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While the incidence of spondylodiscitis is rising because of longer life expectancy and the increasing use of immunosuppressant drug, indwelling devices and spinal surgeries, the fungal aetiology remains rare, sometimes affecting intravenous drug users.

Indexed as

Aneurysm, InfectedAortic Aneurysm, AbdominalDiscitisDrug UsersSubstance Abuse, IntravenousAgedHumansLumbar VertebraeMalebone and joint infectionsneurosurgeryorthopaedics

Identifiers

PMID33853820
PMCPMC8054092
OpenAlexW3155374932

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.