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SynthesisFrontiers in medicine2021

Acupuncture as an Add-On Treatment for Functional Dyspepsia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Chan-Young Kwon, Seok-Jae Ko, Boram Lee, Jae Myung Cha, Jin Young Yoon, Jae-Woo Park

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Trial
  3. Article
  4. Polysaccharides fromFrontiers in nutrition · 2026
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  11. Saam Acupuncture for Treating Functional Dyspepsia: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022
    Article
  12. Herbal Medicine Prescriptions for Functional Dyspepsia: A Nationwide Population-Based Study in Korea.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022
    Article
  13. Review
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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chan-Young KwonDepartment of Oriental Neuropsychiatry, Dong-Eui University College of Korean Medicine, Busan, South Korea.
Seok-Jae KoDepartment of Gastroenterology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Krea.
Boram LeeClinical Medicine Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea.
Jae Myung ChaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Jin Young YoonDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Jae-Woo ParkDepartment of Gastroenterology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Krea.
Kyung Hee University · KRDong-Eui University · KRKorea Institute of Oriental Medicine · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

acupuncturedyspepsiafunctional dyspepsiameta-analysissystematic review

Identifiers

PMID34381798
PMCPMC8350114
OpenAlexW3184339036

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Registered trials

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