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ArticleAnnals of medicine2024

Opioids in geriatric units in 14 Belgian hospitals: prevalence, dosage and associated factors.

Wim Henri Janssens, Nele J Van Den Noortgate, Veerle Mouton, Peter Desmet, Katrien Van Puyvelde, Elke Steen, Caroline Maere, Katlijn Van Mulders, Eva De Raes, Julien Dekoninck and 4 more

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Article in Annals of medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 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

14 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

Wim Henri JanssensDepartment of Geriatrics, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2170-2330
Nele J Van Den NoortgateDepartment of Geriatrics, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
Veerle MoutonDepartment of Geriatrics, AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk, Belgium.
Peter DesmetDepartment of Geriatrics, VITAZ, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
Katrien Van PuyveldeDepartment of Geriatrics, ASZ, Aalst, Belgium.
Elke SteenDepartment of Geriatrics, AZ Sint-Lucas Gent, Ghent, Belgium.
Caroline MaereDepartment of Geriatrics, AZ Sint-Lucas Brugge, Bruges, Belgium.
Katlijn Van MuldersDepartment of Geriatrics, AZ Sint-Blasius, Dendermonde, Belgium.
Eva De RaesDepartment of Geriatrics, AZ Delta, Belgium.
Julien DekoninckDepartment of Geriatrics, AZ Sint-Andries, Tielt, Belgium.
Celine KympersDepartment of Geriatrics, AZ Glorieux, Ronse, Belgium.
Bart WerbrouckDepartment of Geriatrics, AZ Jan Yperman, Ypres, Belgium.
Jozefien DelaereDepartment of Geriatrics, OLV Waregem, Waregem, Belgium.
Ruth D PiersDepartment of Geriatrics, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
AZ Sint-Lucas · BEGhent University Hospital · BEAZ Delta · BEAZ Groeninge · BEAZ Sint-Blasius · BEAZ Sint-Jan · BEOnze Lieve Vrouwziekenhuis Hospital · BERenson (Belgium) · BEVlaamse Vereniging voor Obstetrie en Gynaecolo · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

BuprenorphineDementiaTramadolAgedAnalgesics, OpioidBelgiumCross-Sectional StudiesFentanylHumansMorphineOxycodonePrevalenceAnalgesics, OpioidBuprenorphineFentanylMorphineOxycodoneTramadolGeriatric unitolder adultsopioidspharmacoepidemiology

Identifiers

PMID38294956
PMCPMC10833115
OpenAlexW4391404971

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Registered trials

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