Corticosteroids in ARDS: a counterpoint.

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.

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.

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. [Corticosteroid administration for acute respiratory distress syndrome : therapeutic option?].Der Anaesthesist · 2012
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2. Identification and Development of Therapeutics for COVID-19.mSystems · 2021
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3. Prolonged Methylprednisolone Therapy in the Fibro-Proliferative Phase of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.Cureus · 2021
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4. Identification and Development of Therapeutics for COVID-19.ArXiv · 2021
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5. Hot topics and current controversies in community-acquired pneumonia.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2019
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6. Use of corticosteroids in acute respiratory distress syndrome: Perspective from an Indian intensive care unit.Medical journal, Armed Forces India · 2017
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7. Effective and Safe Use of Glucocorticosteroids for Rescue of Late ARDS.Case reports in critical care · 2017
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Corrections and comments

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  Nonventilatory treatments for acute lung injury and ARDS.2007

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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