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BMJ visual abstracts

To help our readers to get a quick overview of research we publish, we started making visual abstracts (also known as "graphical abstracts") in March 2018. These small images give a summary of selected papers. Initially, we are focussing on reports of trials and systematic reviews, but more formats may be introduced in future.

16 May 2023


Spironolactone for women with acne

19 April 2023


Beverage consumption and mortality among adults with type 2 diabetes

29 March 2023


Risk of mortality and cardiovascular events: Comparison of seven popular structured dietary programmes

22 February 2023


Improving antibiotic prescribing for UTIs in frail older adults

25 January 2023


Association between healthy lifestyle and memory decline in older adults

21 December 2022


Quantifying the benefits of inefficient walking

30 November 2022


Covid vaccines for children

23 November 2022


6 v 12 weeks of rivaroxaban for patients with distal deep vein thrombosis

1 November 2022


Novel drugs for people with diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

28 September 2022


Male and female surgeons perform operations with equal safety

21 September 2022


Margin status and survival outcomes after breast cancer conservation surgery

17 August 2022


Long distance airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2

30 June 2022


Long distance airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2

13 June 2022


Validation of a decision support tool for the diagnosis of acute heart failure

25 May 2022


Pregnancy complications related to gestational diabetes mellitus

6 April 2022


Benefits of corticosteroid and local anaesthetic injection for hip osteoarthritis

9 March 2022


Non-antibiotic alternatives for treatment of urinary tract infections (UTIs).

2 February 2022


Ketamine and suicidal ideation

12 January 2022


Childhood infections in a pandemic: Hospital admissions fall under covid-19 protective measures

16 December 2021


Heavy metal toxicity: Heavy metal band density v mortality

14 December 2021


Season's greetings! Does a Christmas card increase trial retention?

18 November 2021


Hands, face, space v covid-19: Effectiveness of public health measures

14 October 2021


Therapeutic v prophylactic dose heparin

27 August 2021


Covid-19 and adverse events after vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection

07 July 2021


Visual abstract entitled: Asymptomatic covid-19 detection. It shows that the Innova lateral flow test is useful for identifying infections, particularly those with higher viral load.

24 June 2021


Visual abstract entitled: Life expectancy in the wake of covid-19. It shows that decreases in life expectancy during 2020 were much larger in the United States than in peer countries, expanded a pre-existing and growing mortality gap, and were disproportionately experienced by Hispanic and Black Americans

13 May 2021


Visual abstract entitled: Early effectiveness of covid-19 vaccination

14 April 2021


Reduced oxytocin stimulation in labour: The impact of discontinuing infusion in active phase

17 February 2021


Hidden Covid-19 mortality in Africa? A lack of testing may be hiding the true scale of deaths

17 February 2021


Food anaphylaxis in the United Kingdom: Hospital admissions and fatalities, 1998-2018

13 January 2021


Send in the hospital clowns: Effectiveness for paediatric symptom management

16 December 2020


Low carb diets and type 2 diabetes

4 November 2020


Visual abstract of systematic review on mortality due to cancer treatment delay

7 October 2020


Generation 100: Exercise for older adults

30 September 2020


Cardiac arrest with covid-19: In-hospital incidence in critically ill patients

18 August 2020


Covid-19 antibody testing: Diagnostic accuracy of three serological tests

01 July 2020


Covid-19 antibody testing: Diagnostic accuracy of three serological tests

14 May 2020


Quantified consequences of covid-19: All cause mortality dta from Nembro, Lombardy, Italy

13 May 2020


Are compression stockings unnecessary? Use as an adjunct to pharmaco-thromboprophylaxis in surgery

1 April 2020


Do macronutrient diet patterns work? Comparing 14 diets for weight and blood pressure reduction

11 March 2020


Should we cycle to work? Injury related hospital admissions for UK commuters

25 February 2020


Visual abstract titled Salt and hypertension: The effect of salt reduction on blood pressure

22 January 2020


Visual abstract titled Is industry funding an issue? Impacts on patient and health consumer organisations

18 December 2019


Visual abstract titled Q fever: The superstition of avoiding the word 'quiet' as a coping mechanism

5 November 2019


Visual abstract titled internet based vestibular rehabilitation

16 October 2019


Visual abstract titled no silver bullet for chronic low back pain

18 September 2019


Visual abstract reporting on a trial of physical fitness training in patients with subacute stroke

24 July 2019


Visual abstract reporting on a trial of non-invasive diagnostic techniques for intracranial pressure

05 June 2019


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04 September 2018


Visual abstract reporting on a trial of fish oil supplementation in pregnancy

04 September 2018


Visual abstract reporting on a trial of oxytocin routes to prevent postpartum haemorrhage at vaginal delivery

29 August 2018


Visual abstract reporting on a systematic review of research on toxic metal contaminants and risk of cardiovascular disease

19 July 2018


Visual abstract reporting on a trial of subacromial decompression for shoulder impingement

19 June 2018


Visual abstract reporting on a trial of treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia

13 June 2018


Visual abstract reporting on a trial of nicotine patch treatment before quitting smoking

13 June 2018


Visual abstract reporting on a trial of telephone management for mild COPD

17 May 2018


Visual abstract reporting on a trial of text based diabetes self management

16 May 2018


Visual abstract reporting on a trial of physical activity for dementia

09 May 2018


Visual abstract showing results of VERTOS IV trial

03 May 2018


Visual abstract showing results of BATHE trial

02 May 2018


Visual abstract showing results of LEAP trial

21 March 2018


Visual abstract reporting on a trial of tai chi for fibromyalgia

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