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Observational studyEndocrinology, diabetes & metabolism2021

How good are clinicians in predicting the presence of

Ilker Uçkay, Dominique Holy, Madlaina Schöni, Felix W A Waibel, Tudor Trache, Jan Burkhard, Thomas Böni, Benjamin A Lipsky, Martin C Berli

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Observational study in Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ilker UçkayInfectiology, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5552-0973
Dominique HolyInternal Medicine, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
Madlaina SchöniDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
Felix W A WaibelDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
Tudor TracheDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
Jan BurkhardInternal Medicine, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
Thomas BöniDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
Benjamin A LipskyDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Martin C BerliDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
Universitätsklinik Balgrist · CHUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The most frequently prescribed empirical antibiotic agents for mild and moderate diabetic foot infections (DFIs) are amino-penicillins and second-generation cephalosporins that do not cover Methods: In this prospective observational study, we separately asked 13 experienced (median 11 years) healthcare workers whether they thought the Results: Among 221 DFI episodes in 88 individual patients, intraoperative tissue cultures grew Conclusion: The combined visual and olfactory performance of experienced clinicians in predicting the presence of

Indexed as

Clinical CompetencePhysiciansPseudomonas InfectionsDiabetic FootForecastingHumansOsteomyelitisProspective StudiesPseudomonas aeruginosaSmellclinical predictiondiabetic foot infectionsPseudomonas aeruginosa

Identifiers

PMID33855224
PMCPMC8029573
OpenAlexW3128205233

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