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SynthesisFrontiers in medicine2021

Transcutaneous Electrical Acupoint Stimulation for the Prevention of Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Tiantian Zhang, Liang Ou, Zehua Chen, Jiamin Li, Yan Shang, Guoheng Hu

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Synthesis in Frontiers in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Tiantian ZhangDepartment of Neurology, The First Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China.
Liang OuDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, China.
Zehua ChenThe Fifth Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Jiamin LiThe Graduate School, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China.
Yan ShangThe Graduate School, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China.
Guoheng HuDepartment of Neurology, The First Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNHunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNGuangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNGuizhou University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

cognitive functionmeta-analysispostoperative cognitive dysfunctionpreventionsystematic reviewtranscutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation

Identifiers

PMID34938745
PMCPMC8685241
OpenAlexW4200545587

What Socratic holds

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