Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34421178›Full record

ReviewAustralian prescriber2021

The ocular adverse effects of oral drugs.

Rawan Ahmad, Hemal Mehta

Erratum issuedOpen access · diamondAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Australian prescriber, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
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  4. Review
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  6. Drug-induced macular oedema.Eye (London, England) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rawan AhmadStrathfield Retina Clinic, Sydney.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2316-1494
Hemal MehtaStrathfield Retina Clinic, Sydney.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0606-9004
Retina Clinic · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Some commonly prescribed drugs have ocular adverse effects. Many parts of the eye can be affected by oral drugs. Some ocular adverse effects may be reversed with medical or surgical intervention whereas other drugs may cause irreversible loss of vision The risk of visual loss can be reduced by a number of approaches, including monitoring for ocular toxicity, reducing the drug dose, or stopping the drug and looking for an alternative. This can be supported by good communication between the prescribing clinician and ophthalmologist Infrequent or delayed ocular adverse effects may not be identified in clinical trials of new drugs. Reporting adverse events is therefore important.

Indexed as

eyeocular toxicity

Identifiers

PMID34421178
PMCPMC8377292
OpenAlexW3188935905

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Registered trials

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