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ArticleCureus2023

Optic Disc Elevation Secondary to Cerebral Malaria Resolves Completely With Mannitol Administration and Corresponds to Clinical Improvement.

Matthew Douglas-Vail, James Fah, Alexander Cotran-Lenrow, Robert C Pintwala

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

Matthew Douglas-VailDepartment of Emergency Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CAN.
James FahEmergency Medicine, J.J. Dosen Hospital, Ministry of Health, Harper, LBR.
Alexander Cotran-LenrowMicrobiology, Partners In Health Liberia, Harper, LBR.
Robert C PintwalaDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CAN.
Partners In Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case report describes a 14-year-old boy presenting with cerebral malaria in a resource-limited setting. The patient exhibited optic disc elevation, indicating increased intracranial pressure (ICP). Due to the unavailability of advanced neuroimaging, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) was employed to assess the optic disc. After administration of a weight-based dose of mannitol, optic disc elevation resolved completely, accompanied by clinical improvement. This case highlights the potential of POCUS as a valuable tool for the assessment and management of cerebral malaria in resource-limited settings.

Indexed as

cerebral malariaemergency medicineoptic disc elevationpocustropical infection

Identifiers

PMID37476140
PMCPMC10355342
OpenAlexW4381189477

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