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SynthesisFrontiers in pharmacology2022

Therapeutic effects of herbal-medicine combined therapy for COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Tsai-Ju Chien, Chia-Yu Liu, Yuan-I Chang, Ching-Ju Fang, Juo-Hsiang Pai, Yu-Xuan Wu, Shuoh-Wen Chen

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Synthesis in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 19 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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tsai-Ju ChienDivision of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Branch of Zhong-Zhou, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chia-Yu LiuInstitute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yuan-I ChangDepartment and Institute of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ching-Ju FangMedical Library, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Juo-Hsiang PaiDivision of Hemato-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Branch of Zhong-Zhou, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yu-Xuan WuDepartment and Institute of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shuoh-Wen ChenDepartment and Institute of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWNational Cheng Kung University Hospital · TWTaipei City Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

complementary therapyCOVID-19herbal medicinemeta-analysissystematic (Literature) reviewtraditional chinese medicine

Identifiers

PMID36120361
PMCPMC9475194
OpenAlexW4294308050

What Socratic holds

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Registered trials

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