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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021

Is 0.01% Atropine an Effective and Safe Treatment for Myopic Children? A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Hou-Ren Tsai, Tai-Li Chen, Jen-Hung Wang, Huei-Kai Huang, Cheng-Jen Chiu

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effect of low-dose atropine eyedrops on pupil metrics: results after half a year of treatment and cessation.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2023
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hou-Ren TsaiDepartment of Medical Education, Medical Administration Office, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 970, Taiwan.
Tai-Li ChenDepartment of Medical Education, Medical Administration Office, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien 970, Taiwan.
Jen-Hung WangDepartment of Medical Research, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien 970, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-4946-8064
Huei-Kai HuangSchool of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 970, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-3612-653X
Cheng-Jen ChiuDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Tzu Chi University, Hualien 970, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-4004-5823
Tzu Chi University · TWBuddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several conflicting results regarding the efficacy of 0.01% atropine in slowing axial elongation remain in doubt. To solve this issue and evaluate the safety of 0.01% atropine, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis with the latest evidence. The review included a total of 1178 participants (myopic children). The efficacy outcomes were the mean annual progression in standardized equivalent refraction (SER) and axial length (AL). The safety outcomes included mean annual change in accommodative amplitude, photopic and mesopic pupil diameter. The results demonstrated that 0.01% atropine significantly retarded SER progression compared with the controls (weighted mean difference [WMD], 0.28 diopter (D) per year; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.17, 0.38;

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0.01% atropineaxial lengthmyopia controlstandardized equivalent refraction

Identifiers

PMID34501214
PMCPMC8432260
OpenAlexW3194564443

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