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ArticleFuture healthcare journal2026

Point-of-care diagnostics are central to acute medicine delivery.

Catherine Atkin, Murali Veerabahu, Daniel Lasserson, Sarb Clare

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Article in Future healthcare journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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.

Catherine AtkinInflammation and Ageing, School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2GW, United Kingdom.
Murali VeerabahuAcute Medicine, Russells Hall Hospital, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley DY1 2HQ, United Kingdom.
Daniel LassersonWarwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
Sarb ClareAcute Medicine, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham B66 2QT, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Point-of-care diagnostics deliver rapid, actionable results to aid in clinical decision making for patients with acute illness. Ranging from

Indexed as

Acute medicinePoint-of-care diagnosticsPoint-of-care ultrasound

Identifiers

PMID42382602
PMCPMC13316383

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