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ReviewCureus2023

Atractylodes macrocephala-Paeonia lactiflora Class Formula for the Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis.

Wenjun Bai, Zhe Wang, Junwei Liang, Hualiang Deng

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Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wenjun BaiDepartment of Acupuncture, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, CHN.
Zhe WangDepartment of Acupuncture and Massage, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, CHN.
Junwei LiangDepartment of Gastroenterology II, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, CHN.
Hualiang DengDepartment of Gastroenterology II, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, CHN.
Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNShandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous meta-analyses suggested that Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) is effective for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Formulas with

Indexed as

atractylodes macrocephalairritable bowel syndromemeta-analysispaeonia lactifloratrial sequential analysis

Identifiers

PMID38186470
PMCPMC10769129
OpenAlexW4389358774

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