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ArticleCureus2021

Sutureless Amniotic Membrane (ProKera®) and Intravenous Immunoglobulin in the Management of Ocular Complications of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome-Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Overlap.

Abdulhameed H Mahmood, Abdullah S Alharbi, Bader A Almanea, Anoud F Alsaati

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Abdulhameed H MahmoodOphthalmology, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, BHR.
Abdullah S AlharbiDepartment of Family Medicine, Armed Forces Medical Center, Makkah, SAU.
Bader A AlmaneaOphthalmology, Shaqra University, Riyadh, SAU.
Anoud F AlsaatiOphthalmology, Anterior Segment Division, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, SAU.
Armed Forces Medical College · BDRiyadh Armed Forces Hospital · SASalmaniya Medical Complex · BH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo report a case of Stevens-Johnson syndrome-toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS-TEN) overlap, with severe acute ocular manifestations successfully managed with sutureless Amniotic Membrane device ProKera OBSERVATIONS: A 24-year-old lady, known case of epilepsy, admitted to the burn unit with SJS-TEN overlap attributed to a recent change of her anti-convulsant therapy, with severe ocular manifestations, inability to open both eyes, and poor visual acuity. Early management included intensive topical steroids and lubrication, in addition to the application of a ProKera

Indexed as

ankyloblepharonanterior segmentcorneadry eye disorderintravenous immunoglobulin (ivig)ocular surface diseaseprokerastevens-johnson syndrome (sjs)symblepharontoxic epidermal necrolysis (ten)

Identifiers

PMID34540392
PMCPMC8422256
OpenAlexW3187136343

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