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ReviewDiseases (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Effects of Probiotics in Adults with Gastroenteritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials.

Amal K Mitra, Adetoun F Asala, Shelia Malone, Malay Kanti Mridha

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Review in Diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 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
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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, 9 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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Amal K MitraDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Health Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39213, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4238-7322
Adetoun F AsalaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Health Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39213, USA.
Shelia MaloneDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Health Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39213, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9899-0898
Malay Kanti MridhaBrac James P. Grant School of Public Health, Center for Non-Communicable Disease and Nutrition, Brac University, Dhaka 1213, Bangladesh.
Jackson State University · USBRAC University · BDMississippi State Department of Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Probiotics have been widely used in gastroenteritis due to acute and chronic illnesses. However, evidence supporting the effectiveness of probiotics in different health conditions is inconclusive and conflicting. The aim of this study was to review the existing literature on the effects of probiotics on gastroenteritis among adults. Only original articles on clinical trials that demonstrated the effects of probiotics in adults with gastroenteritis were used for this analysis. Multiple databases, such as PubMed, Google Scholar, MEDLINE and Scopus databases, were searched for the data. The study followed standard procedures for data extraction using a PRISMA flow chart. A quality appraisal of the selected studies was conducted using CADIMA. Finally, a meta-analysis was performed. Thirty-five articles met the selection criteria; of them, probiotics were found effective in the treatment and/or prevention of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease in 17 (49%), and the treatment of

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adultsclinical trialsgastroenteritisinflammatory bowel diseasePRISMAprobiotics

Identifiers

PMID37873782
PMCPMC10594472
OpenAlexW4387540971

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Registered trials

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