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ReviewJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine2022

Diagnosis and management of monkeypox in primary care.

Smrithi Rallapalli, Mohammad S Razai, Azeem Majeed, Simon B Drysdale

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Review in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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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.

Smrithi RallapalliInstitute of Medical and Biomedical Education, St George's University of London, London, SW17 0RE, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2907-0400
Mohammad S RazaiPopulation Health Research Institute, St George's University of London, London, SW17 0RE, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6671-5557
Azeem MajeedDepartment of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, W6 8RP, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2357-9858
Simon B DrysdaleDepartment of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, SW17 0QT, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The monkeypox virus outbreak continues to evolve worldwide. While most people recover without treatment, primary care clinicians may be the first point of contact for those affected. Prompt assessment, diagnosis, isolation, treatment and prophylaxis will reduce the risk of community transmission. The current public health advice is to test suspected cases and monitor close contacts. If individuals test positive for the monkeypox virus, self-isolation at home is recommended for most people with mild symptoms. If patients report severe symptoms, referral and admission to hospital will be needed, where further interventions such as antivirals may be administered. The infection can spread through close contact; therefore, healthcare professionals must take precautions, such as using appropriate personal protective equipment for possible or probable cases.

Indexed as

Mpox, MonkeypoxDisease OutbreaksHealth PersonnelHumansPersonal Protective EquipmentPrimary Health CareEvidence-based practiceguidelinesinfectious diseasespublic health

Identifiers

PMID36342045
PMCPMC9720287

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