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SynthesisF1000Research2022

Epidermal growth factor outperforms placebo in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcer: a meta-analysis.

Fazal Rahim, Xie Yan, Jawad Ali Shah, Nida Bibi, Zafar Ullah Khan, Shah Nawaz, Yao Ming

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Synthesis in F1000Research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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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, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Fazal RahimBurn and Plastic Surgery department, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, P.R. China, Yinchuan, 750004, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0555-1595
Xie YanSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of technology, Brisbane, Australia., Brisbane, 4072, Australia.
Jawad Ali ShahLaboratory of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plant Reproductive Adaption and Evolutionary Ecology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China.
Nida BibiDepartment of zoology, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Sheringal 18000, Pakistan., Dir upper, 18000, Pakistan.
Zafar Ullah KhanThe second affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University 310058, P.R China, Zhejiang, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3276-3005
Shah NawazDepartment of infectious diseases, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, P.R. China, Yinchuan, 750004, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0283-9419
Yao MingBurn and Plastic Surgery department, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, P.R. China, Yinchuan, 750004, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Diabetes MellitusDiabetic FootEpidermal Growth FactorHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicWound HealingEpidermal Growth FactorDiabetic foot ulcerepidermal growth factorMeta-analysisPlacebo

Identifiers

PMID37867626
PMCPMC10587659

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