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ReviewProceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center)2022

Meta-analysis comparing dexmedetomidine versus standard of care for sedation in patients with sepsis.

Basel Abdelazeem, Bilal Malik, Mohamed M G Mohamed, Pramod Savarapu, Sakiru Isa, Babikir Kheiri, Mustafa Hassan

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In one paragraph

Review in Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center), 2022. 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
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Review
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

7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Basel AbdelazeemMcLaren Health Care, Flint/Michigan State University, Flint, Michigan.
Bilal MalikMcLaren Health Care, Flint/Michigan State University, Flint, Michigan.
Mohamed M G MohamedSSM Health St. Mary's Hospital-St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
Pramod SavarapuOchsner Louisiana State University Health, Monroe, Louisiana.
Sakiru IsaMcLaren Health Care, Flint/Michigan State University, Flint, Michigan.
Babikir KheiriKnight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
Mustafa HassanMcLaren Health Care, Flint/Michigan State University, Flint, Michigan.
McLaren Health Care · USMichigan State University · USOregon Health & Science University · USSt. Mary's Hospital · USUniversity of Louisiana at Monroe · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aimed to evaluate the clinical benefits of dexmedetomidine (DEX) in comparison with the standard of care (SOC) sedation in critically ill, septic patients. Electronic databases (PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Central, Scopus, and Google Scholar) were systematically searched to identify only randomized clinical trials performed up until February 12, 2021. The primary outcomes were 28-day mortality, 90-day mortality, and intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay (LOS). We calculated risk ratios (RRs), 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for dichotomous data, and weighted mean differences (WMDs) for continuous data using a random-effects model. Seven randomized clinical trials were included, with a total of 529 patients in the DEX group and 520 patients in the SOC group. Compared with SOC, DEX was associated with a nonstatistically significant reduced 28-day mortality (RR = 0.76; 95% CI [0.51, 1.14];

Indexed as

Dexmedetomidinemeta-analysissedationsepsissystematic review

Identifiers

PMID35261447
PMCPMC8865318
OpenAlexW3214032822

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