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ArticleBMJ global health2021

Caffeine for the care of preterm infants in sub-Saharan Africa: a missed opportunity?

Helen M Nabwera, Osayame A Ekhaguere, Haresh Kirpalani, Kathy Burgoine, Chinyere V Ezeaka, Walter Otieno, Stephen J Allen, Nicholas D Embleton, Neonatal Nutrition Network (NeoNuNet)

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Article in BMJ global health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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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

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Optimising neonatal bubble continuous positive airway pressure: A Somaliland quality initiative.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025
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  6. What is the Role of Caffeine in the Management of Preterm Infants?Current treatment options in pediatrics · 2025
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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

9 authors.

Helen M NabweraClinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK Helen.Nabwera@lstmed.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-1056-729X
Osayame A EkhaguereNeonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Indiana University Department of Pediatrics, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8926-3709
Haresh KirpalaniEmeritus Department Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Kathy BurgoineNeonatal Unit, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Mbale, Uganda.ORCID 0000-0001-7975-745X
Chinyere V EzeakaPaediatrics, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
Walter OtienoPaediatrics, Maseno University, Maseno, Nyanza, Kenya.
Stephen J AllenClinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
Nicholas D EmbletonNeonatal Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Neonatal Nutrition Network (NeoNuNet)

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_MR/R019789/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

CaffeineInfant, PrematureAfrica South of the SaharaHumansInfantInfant, NewbornCaffeinechild healthpaediatrics

Identifiers

PMID34952857
PMCPMC8710870

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