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ReviewFrontline gastroenterology2021

Steroid use and misuse: a key performance indicator in the management of IBD.

Jonathan Blackwell, Christian Selinger, Tim Raine, Gareth Parkes, Melissa A Smith, Richard Pollok

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Review in Frontline gastroenterology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Patterns and Predictors of Steroid Use in a Real-World Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cohort.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2025
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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

6 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Jonathan BlackwellDepartment of Gastroenterology, St George's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Christian SelingerLeeds Gastroenterology Institute, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
Tim RaineDepartment of Gastroenterology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
Gareth ParkesDepartment of Gastroenterology, Royal London Hospital, London, UK.
Melissa A SmithDigestives Diseases Centre, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK.
Richard PollokDepartment of Gastroenterology, St George's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4278-3720
St George's Hospital · GBBrighton and Sussex Medical School · GBCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · GBRoyal London Hospital · GBUniversity of Leeds · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Corticosteroids remain an important tool for inducing remission in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) but they have no role in maintenance of remission. The significant adverse side effect profile of these drugs means their use should be avoided where possible or measures taken to reduce their risk. Despite an expanding array of alternative therapies, corticosteroid dependency and excess remain common. Appropriate steroid use is now regarded a key performance indicator in the management of IBD. This article aims to outline indications for corticosteroid use in IBD, their risks and strategies to reduce their use and misuse.

Indexed as

5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA)crohn's diseaseinflammatory bowel diseasesteroid-sparing efficacyulcerative colitis

Identifiers

PMID33907617
PMCPMC8040510
OpenAlexW3014889128

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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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.