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ReviewThorax2002

Management of an acute exacerbation of copd: are we ignoring the evidence?

M K Johnson, R D Stevenson

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In one paragraph

Review in Thorax, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
–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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
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  4. Review
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  6. Strategies for improving outcomes of COPD exacerbations.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2006
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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

2 authors.

M K JohnsonDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, UK.
R D Stevenson

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Acute DiseaseAgedAntioxidantsBronchodilator AgentsDoxapramExpectorantsGlucocorticoidsHumansInfluenza VaccinesMiddle AgedPhysical Therapy ModalitiesPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveRespiration, ArtificialRespiratory System AgentsAntioxidantsBronchodilator AgentsDoxapramExpectorantsGlucocorticoidsInfluenza VaccinesRespiratory System Agents

Identifiers

PMID12364706
PMCPMC1766002

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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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.