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SynthesisInternational wound journal2023

Wound complications frequency in heart transplant recipients on mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors: A meta-analysis.

Shenyu Zhu, Wenbo Yu, Jianfeng Gao, Jianxian Xiong

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Synthesis in International wound journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Shenyu ZhuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China.
Wenbo YuThe First Clinical Medical College, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China.
Jianfeng GaoThe First Clinical Medical College, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China.
Jianxian XiongDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4768-6949
Gannan Medical University · CNAllen Institute for Brain Science · USFirst Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University · CN

Funding

Key Laboratory of Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases of the Ministry of Education XN201930
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A meta-analysis investigation was executed to measurethe wound complications (WCs) frequency in heart transplant (HT) recipients on mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors (MTRIs). A comprehensive literature investigation till February 2023 was applied and 978 interrelated investigations were reviewed. The 10 chosen investigations enclosed 2173 individuals with HT were in the chosen investigations' starting point, 1164 of them were utilising MTRIs, and 1009 were utilising control. Odds ratio (OR) in addition to 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were utilised to compute the value of the WCs frequency in HT recipients on MTRIs by the dichotomous approaches and a fixed or random model. MTRIs had significantly higher WCs (OR, 1.53; 95% CI, 1.19-1.98, P = .001) compared with those with control in individuals with HT. MTRIs had significantly higher WCs compared with those with control in individuals with HT. However, care must be exercised when dealing with its values because of the low number of the nominated investigations and the low sample size of some of the nominated investigations for the meta-analysis.

Indexed as

Heart TransplantationImmunosuppressive AgentsHumansTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesImmunosuppressive AgentsTOR Serine-Threonine Kinasesheart transplantmammalian target of rapamycin inhibitorssurgical site wound infectionwound complication

Identifiers

PMID37165731
PMCPMC10588318
OpenAlexW4376131545

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