Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37374268›Full record

SynthesisMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2023

Efficacy and Safety of Preoperative Melatonin for Women Undergoing Cesarean Section: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials.

Wardah Albzea, Lolwa Almonayea, Marah Aljassar, Mousa Atmeh, Khaled Al Sadder, Yousef AlQattan, Raghad Alhajaji, Hiba AlNadwi, Inaam Alnami, Fatima Alhajaji

Open access · goldAbstract readMeta-AnalysisSystematic Review
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
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 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Trial
  3. Review
  4. Review
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

10 authors at 8 institutions in 4 countries.

Wardah AlbzeaFaculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21544, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-5849-1020
Lolwa AlmonayeaKuwait Institute for Medical Specializations, Kuwait City 12050, Kuwait.
Marah AljassarKuwait Institute for Medical Specializations, Kuwait City 12050, Kuwait.
Mousa AtmehDepartment of Hemto-Oncology, Royal Medical Services, Amman 11855, Jordan.
Khaled Al SadderDepartment of General Surgery, Ministry of Health, Kuwait City 12009, Kuwait.
Yousef AlQattanKuwait Institute for Medical Specializations, Kuwait City 12050, Kuwait.
Raghad AlhajajiDepartment of Family Medicine, Almagrah Primary Health Care, Ministry of Health, Makkah 11176, Saudi Arabia.
Hiba AlNadwiKing Abdullah Medical City, Makkah 57657, Saudi Arabia.
Inaam AlnamiSenior Registerar Family Medicine, Internal Medicine Department, Security Forces Hospital Program, Makkah 14799, Saudi Arabia.
Fatima AlhajajiCollege of Medicine, Umm Alqura University, Makkah 57483, Saudi Arabia.
Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization · KWAlexandria University · EGKing Abdullah Medical City · SAKing Hussein Medical Center · JOMinistry of Health · KWMinistry of Health · SASecurity Forces Hospital · SAUmm al-Qura 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

MelatoninAnalgesicsAnxietyCesarean SectionFemaleHumansPostoperative PainPregnancyRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicAnalgesicsMelatoninblood losscesarean sectionmelatoninpain

Identifiers

PMID37374268
PMCPMC10302920
OpenAlexW4379053117

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.