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SynthesisMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2023

Should Procalcitonin Be Included in Acute Cholecystitis Guidelines? A Systematic Review.

Clyve Yu Leon Yaow, Ryan Ian Houe Chong, Kai Siang Chan, Christopher Tze Wei Chia, Vishal G Shelat

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Clyve Yu Leon YaowYong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore.
Ryan Ian Houe ChongYong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-7011-8624
Kai Siang ChanDepartment of General Surgery, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore 637551, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-9533-801X
Christopher Tze Wei ChiaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore 637551, Singapore.
Vishal G ShelatYong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-3988-8142
National University of Singapore · SGTan Tock Seng Hospital · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Cholecystectomy, LaparoscopicCholecystitis, AcuteBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinHumansProcalcitoninRetrospective StudiesROC CurveBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinProcalcitoninacute cholecystitisgallstonesinflammatory markersprocalcitoninprognosis

Identifiers

PMID37109763
PMCPMC10144815
OpenAlexW4366773483

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.