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SynthesisThrombosis and haemostasis2023

3-Factor versus 4-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrates for the Reversal of Vitamin K Antagonist-Associated Coagulopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Dorothea Puchstein, Felix Kork, Herbert Schöchl, Farahnaz Rayatdoost, Oliver Grottke

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Synthesis in Thrombosis and haemostasis, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Cocktail-style multifunctional resuscitation fluids: Where are we now in 2026?Journal of anesthesia and translational medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Dorothea PuchsteinDepartment of Anaesthesiology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany.
Felix KorkDepartment of Anaesthesiology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany.
Herbert SchöchlDepartment for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, AUVA Trauma Academic Teaching Hospital, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Farahnaz RayatdoostDepartment of Anaesthesiology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany.
Oliver GrottkeDepartment of Anaesthesiology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany.
RWTH Aachen University · DEParacelsus Medical University · ATUniversitätsklinikum Aachen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-term anticoagulation is used worldwide to prevent or treat thrombotic events. Anticoagulant therapy using vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) is well established; however, anticoagulants carry an increased risk of potentially life-threatening bleeding. In cases of bleeding or need for surgery, patients require careful management, balancing the need for rapid anticoagulant reversal with risk of thromboembolic events. Prothrombin complex concentrates (PCCs) replenish clotting factors and reverse VKA-associated coagulopathy. Two forms of PCC, 3-factor (3F-PCC) and 4-factor (4F-PCC), are available. Using PRISMA methodology, we systematically reviewed whether 4F-PCC is superior to 3F-PCC for the reversal of VKA-associated coagulopathy. Of the 392 articles identified, 48 full texts were reviewed, with 11 articles identified using criteria based on the PICOS format. Data were captured from 1,155 patients: 3F-PCC,

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Blood Coagulation DisordersThromboembolismAnticoagulantsBlood Coagulation FactorsFactor IXFibrinolytic AgentsHemorrhageHumansInternational Normalized RatioRetrospective StudiesVitamin KAnticoagulantsBlood Coagulation FactorsFactor IXFibrinolytic Agentsprothrombin complex concentratesVitamin K

Identifiers

PMID36626899
PMCPMC9928532
OpenAlexW4315433749

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