Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34659770›Full record

ArticleSAGE open medical case reports2021

Scarlet fever in an adult patient: A challenging diagnosis in an airway emergency.

Luísa Conceição Martins Ferreira, Ana Oliveira, Cláudia Pereira, Alexandra Guedes, José Pedro Assunção

Open access · goldAbstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in SAGE open medical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 57% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luísa Conceição Martins FerreiraHospital Center Tondela-Viseu, Anesthesiology Service, Viseu, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1096-9910
Ana OliveiraHospital Center Tondela-Viseu, Anesthesiology Service, Viseu, Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0576-9372
Cláudia PereiraHospital Center Tondela-Viseu, Anesthesiology Service, Viseu, Portugal.
Alexandra GuedesHospital Center Tondela-Viseu, Anesthesiology Service, Viseu, Portugal.
José Pedro AssunçãoHospital Center Tondela-Viseu, Anesthesiology Service, Viseu, Portugal.
Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu · PT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scarlet fever is essentially a childhood disease, although it may occur in all ages. Early diagnosis and treatment are essential in preventing the spread of infection and progression to life-threatening complications. The case presented describes the clinical difficulty in the diagnosis of scarlet fever in an adult patient with acute involvement of the airway (oedematous laryngitis) and the need for emergent orotracheal intubation and eventually tracheotomy. A high degree of suspicion related to the airway involvement is of utmost importance in an emergency room setting.

Indexed as

Adult scarlet feverairway emergencycase report

Identifiers

PMID34659770
PMCPMC8511905
OpenAlexW3204239861

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.