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ArticlePLoS medicine2023

Rectal artesunate suppositories for the pre-referral treatment of suspected severe malaria.

James A Watson, Thomas J Peto, Nicholas J White

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Article in PLoS medicine, 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
–field-weighted citation impact
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.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Artemisinin-resistant malaria.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2024
    Review
  4. Rectal artesunate: lives not saved.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2024
    Article
  5. 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

3 authors.

James A WatsonOxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.ORCID 0000-0001-5524-0325
Thomas J PetoCentre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, New Richards Building, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-3197-9891
Nicholas J WhiteCentre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, New Richards Building, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-1897-1978

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 093956/Z/10/CWellcome Trust 223253/Z/21/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this Policy Forum article, James A. Watson and colleagues discuss recent guidelines relating to pre-referral treatment of suspected severe malaria with rectal artesunate suppositories in remote areas.

Indexed as

AntimalarialsArtemisininsMalariaArtesunateHumansReferral and ConsultationSuppositoriesAntimalarialsArtemisininsArtesunateSuppositories

Identifiers

PMID37943884
PMCPMC10681301

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