Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34361044›Full record

ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Biofilms in Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Impact, Risk Factors and Control Strategies.

Ana C Afonso, Diana Oliveira, Maria José Saavedra, Anabela Borges, Manuel Simões

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
84citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
11.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

84 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 155 citations in OpenAlex.

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24 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ana C AfonsoLEPABE-Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.
Diana OliveiraLEPABE-Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9409-3276
Maria José SaavedraCITAB-Centre for the Research and Technology for Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-7492-4965
Anabela BorgesLEPABE-Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-6929-6805
Manuel SimõesLEPABE-Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-3355-4398
Universidade do Porto · PTUniversity of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro · PT

Funding

Agência Nacional de Inovação POCI-01-0247-FEDER-072237Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia PTDC/ASP-PES/28397/2017-POCI-01-0145-FEDER-028397Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia PTDC/BII-BTI/30219/2017-POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030219
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a serious complication from diabetes

Indexed as

BiofilmsCost of IllnessDiabetic FootDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansbiofilmschronic woundscombination therapymultidrug resistancepathophysiologypolymicrobial aetiology

Identifiers

PMID34361044
PMCPMC8347492
OpenAlexW3189857739

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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.