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ArticleCureus2021

A Low Cost, Novel Treatment of Severe Diabetic Gastroparesis Based on Burkitt's Dietary Fiber Hypothesis.

J Wesley Jones, Katrina L Lamont, Jennifer N Stoltenberg, Grace D Brannan

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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 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

J Wesley JonesDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine, Campbell University, Buies Creek, USA.
Katrina L LamontDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine, Campbell University, Buies Creek, USA.
Jennifer N StoltenbergDepartment of Internal Medicine, Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine, Campbell University, Buies Creek, USA.
Grace D BrannanDepartment of Internal Medicine, McLaren Macomb Hospital, Mt. Clemens, USA.
Campbell University · USMcLaren Macomb · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a seven-year follow-up of a 43-year-old Hispanic female with severe diabetic gastroparesis (GP) and a 42.5 kg weight loss (45% of body mass), who required feeding jejunostomy tube placement. The patient had an excellent response to a treatment regime directed at increasing stool bulk, enhancing gut transit, and mobilizing intestinal gas by using dietary fiber supplements and osmotic laxatives with as needed tap water enemas. Hospital cost savings for this patient exceeded $125,000 annually. This case study suggests that constipation may substantially contribute to GP.

Indexed as

abdominal bloatingabdominal distensionconstipationdietary fibergastric emptyinggastroparesisintestinal dysmotilityintestinal transittreatment

Identifiers

PMID34552840
PMCPMC8448520
OpenAlexW3200397665

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Registered trials

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