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ReviewCureus2021

Images in Primary Care Medicine: Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Gout.

Dennis Espejo, Elizabeth Dearing, Kathleen Y Ogle, Maria Portela, Keith S Boniface

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Review in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 45% 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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dennis EspejoFamily Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
Elizabeth DearingEmergency Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
Kathleen Y OgleEmergency Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
Maria PortelaFamily Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
Keith S BonifaceEmergency Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
George Washington University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gout is the most common crystal arthropathy and is frequently diagnosed and managed by primary care physicians. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a valuable tool to aid in the diagnosis of gout via the identification of the double contour sign, aggregates of crystals, tophi, and erosions. In addition, POCUS can aid in the management of gout by recognizing early signs of gout, monitoring the effectiveness of urate-lowering therapy, and guiding aspiration and corticosteroid injection.

Indexed as

crystal arthropathygout crystalspoint-of-care-ultrasoundprimary care medicineultrasound-guided

Identifiers

PMID34155462
PMCPMC8211301
OpenAlexW3161682778

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Registered trials

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