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SynthesisFrontiers in pharmacology2023

Dose optimization of vancomycin in obese patients: A systematic review.

Mahmoud E Elrggal, Abdul Haseeb, Manal AlGethamy, Umar Ahsan, Zikria Saleem, Areej Sultan Althaqafi, Sattam Saad Alshuail, Zohair Ahmad Alsiddiqi, Muhammad Shahid Iqbal, Albaraa Faraj Alzahrani and 8 more

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Updated antimicrobial dosing recommendations for obese patients.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2024
    Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Vancomycin Pharmacokinetics in Obese Patients: Insights from Bayesian Modeling.European journal of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics · 2026
    Article
  4. Review
  5. Therapeutic drug monitoring in patients treated with vancomycin: a single center, prospective, observational, real-world study.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
    Observational
  6. Article
  7. Article
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

18 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Mahmoud E ElrggalDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Umm AL-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Abdul HaseebDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Umm AL-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Manal AlGethamyDepartment of Infection Prevention and Control Program, Alnoor Specialist Hospital Makkah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Umar AhsanDepartment of Infection Prevention and Control Program, Alnoor Specialist Hospital Makkah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Zikria SaleemDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan.
Areej Sultan AlthaqafiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Umm AL-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Sattam Saad AlshuailDepartment of Internal Medicine, Alnoor Specialist Hospital Makkah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Zohair Ahmad AlsiddiqiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Alnoor Specialist Hospital Makkah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad Shahid IqbalDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia.
Albaraa Faraj AlzahraniDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Umm AL-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullmoin AlQarniAlnoor Specialist Hospital Makkah, Department of Infectious Diseases, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Rozan Mohammad RadwanPharmaceutical Care Department, Alnoor Specialist Hospital Makkah, Department of Infection Prevention and Control Program, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Ameer Khalid Saab QulPharmaceutical Care Department, Alnoor Specialist Hospital Makkah, Department of Infection Prevention and Control Program, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmad Jamal MahrousDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Umm AL-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Jumana Majdi AlsharifDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Umm AL-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Mayyasah Khalid AlqurashiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Umm AL-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Hani Saleh FaidahDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm AL-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed AldurdunjiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Umm AL-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Umm al-Qura University · SASaad Specialist Hospital · SABahauddin Zakariya University · PKPrince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

adultsdose optimizationobese populationpediatricsvancomycin

Identifiers

PMID37033643
PMCPMC10081578
OpenAlexW4360867646

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Registered trials

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