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ArticleRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical2021

Brazilian Protocol for Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2020: infections causing vaginal discharge.

Newton Sergio de Carvalho, José Eleutério Junior, Ana Gabriela Travassos, Lutigardes Bastos Santana, Angélica Espinosa Miranda

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Article in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Vaginal Discharge that Persisted for 6 Years.Indian dermatology online journal
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Newton Sergio de CarvalhoUniversidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Tocoginecologia, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7561-4566
José Eleutério JuniorUniversidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Saúde da Mulher, da Criança e do Adolescente, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4617-7269
Ana Gabriela TravassosUniversidade do Estado da Bahia, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Salvador, BA, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9242-828X
Lutigardes Bastos SantanaMinistério da Saúde, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0394-0113
Angélica Espinosa MirandaMinistério da Saúde, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brasil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5556-8379
Ministério da Saúde · STUniversidade do Estado da Bahia · BRUniversidade Federal do Ceará · BRUniversidade Federal do Paraná · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The topic of vaginal discharge is one of the chapters of the Clinical Protocol and Therapeutic Guidelines for Comprehensive Health Care for People with Sexually Transmitted Infections, published by the Brazilian Ministry of Health in 2020. The chapter has been developed based on scientific evidence and validated in discussions with specialists. This article presents epidemiological and clinical aspects associated with vaginal discharge conditions, as well as guidance to health service managers and health professionals. Screening, diagnosing, and treating these conditions, the main complaints among women seeking health services, caused by infectious or non-infectious factors, also are presented. Besides, information is presented on surveillance, prevention, and control actions to promote knowledge of the problem and provide quality care and effective treatment. In healthcare servicing cases of sexually transmitted infections, vaginal discharge is the main referred symptom, common among pregnant women.

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Sexually Transmitted DiseasesVaginal DischargeBrazilFemaleHumansPregnancySurveys and Questionnaires

Identifiers

PMID34008718
PMCPMC8210494
OpenAlexW3163814307

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