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ReviewCureus2023

Shear-Wave Elastography for the Diagnosis of Pediatric Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Trevor Decker, Emma Schnittka, Laurence Stolzenberg, Joel Yalowitz

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

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Trevor DeckerRadiology, Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dothan, USA.
Emma SchnittkaMedicine, Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dothan, USA.
Laurence StolzenbergOrthopaedic Surgery, Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dothan, USA.
Joel YalowitzRadiology, Decatur Morgan Hospital, Decatur, USA.
Decatur Memorial Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Shear-wave elastography (SWE) has emerged as a novel ultrasonographic technique for the diagnosis of pediatric Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (HT). This systematic review and meta-analysis aim to summarize current evidence to determine the diagnostic value of SWE for HT. MEDLINE, a comprehensive search yielded five studies inclusive of 392 subjects. A meta-analysis comparing SWE values (kPa) between children with HT and healthy controls yielded a Cohen's d-value of 1.34 (CI 1.02-1.65), suggesting statistically significant differences in SWE values. Such evidence indicates that SWE may serve as a valuable tool in diagnosing HT in the pediatric population.

Indexed as

autoimmune thyroiditisdiagnostic elastographydiagnostic radiologyelastographyhashimoto’s thyroiditispediatricsshear-wave elastographyshear-wave ultrasonography

Identifiers

PMID37007310
PMCPMC10049949
OpenAlexW4322102104

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