Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40045504›Full record

SynthesisNursing open2025

Prevalence of Hypochloremia in Patients With Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Xiaoxiao Chen, Rulan Yin, Minxia Lu, Lifen Mao, Jing Lu, Meng Wang, Xiaoqing Shi

Abstract readSystematic ReviewMeta-Analysis
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Nursing open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Review
  4. Observational
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

7 authors.

Xiaoxiao ChenDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9914-970X
Rulan YinDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4108-8283
Minxia LuDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8793-4524
Lifen MaoDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6620-7368
Jing LuDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0791-2841
Meng WangDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6467-3584
Xiaoqing ShiDepartment of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7534-7856

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe intersection of heart failure (HF) and serum chloride is of increasing interest; however, estimates of the global prevalence of hypochloremia in HF were inconsistent. This paper aimed to quantify the current prevalence of hypochloremia in patients with HF.

designSystematic review and meta-analysis.

methodsPubMed, Cochrane, Embase, Web of Science, and CINAHL databases were systematically searched from inception to May 24, 2022. Observational studies that clearly defined the cutoff for hypochloremia and provided the prevalence of hypochloremia in patients with HF were included. Stata 17.0 was used for data analysis. Heterogeneity was assessed according to Cochran's Q and I

resultsSixteen papers reporting 18 studies that involved 29,807 patients with HF were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled prevalence of hypochloremia in HF was 14.0% (95% CI: 11.9%-16.2%; I PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: No patient or public contribution.

Indexed as

ChloridesHeart FailureHumansPrevalenceChloridesheart failurehypochloremiameta‐analysisprevalence

Identifiers

PMID40045504
PMCPMC11882477

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.