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ReviewArchives of disease in childhood2005

Assessment of hypoxia in children with cystic fibrosis.

D S Urquhart, H Montgomery, A Jaffé

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Review in Archives of disease in childhood, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Nocturnal hypoxemia in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia
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  14. Multidisciplinary approach to patients with manifestations and pulmonary complications of cystic fibrosis.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

D S UrquhartPortex Anaesthesia, Intensive Therapy and Respiratory Medicine Unit, Institute of Child Health, and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK. UrquhD@gosh.nhs.uk
H Montgomery
A Jaffé
University College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoxia during sleep and exercise may occur in an important number of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Despite its recognition, no clear definition for hypoxia in CF exists, and nor do guidelines for commencing oxygen therapy. CF patients with hypoxia may have increased pulmonary artery pressure, reduced exercise ability, and skeletal muscle strength, and most importantly of all worse sleep quality, and a worse quality of life. Laboratory and rodent evidence exists to suggest that hypoxia may contribute to the decline in lung function in CF by upregulating lung inflammation, and encouraging growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the most important pathogen associated with CF lung disease. The effects of hypoxia in childhood CF need to be fully studied, and a potential expanded role for oxygen as therapy in CF may be worthy of exploration.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultChildCystic FibrosisHumansHypoxiaOpportunistic InfectionsOxygen Inhalation TherapyPneumoniaPulmonary CirculationQuality of Life

Identifiers

PMID16243867
PMCPMC1720198
OpenAlexW2099110697

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