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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2010

Tuberculosis pericarditis with cardiac tamponade: management in the resource-limited setting.

Tom Heller, Richard J Lessells, Claudia Wallrauch, Enrico Brunetti

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

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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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Tom HellerHlabisa Hospital, Hlabisa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. echnatom@web.de
Richard J Lessells
Claudia Wallrauch
Enrico Brunetti
University of KwaZulu-Natal · ZAHlabisa Hospital · ZAIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · IT

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a case of human immunodeficiency virus-associated pericardial tuberculosis complicated by cardiac tamponade. Emergency management and subsequent therapeutic interventions are described and then discussed with particular focus on resource-limited settings. The paucity of evidence to support clinical decisions is emphasized and the need for well designed diagnostic and therapeutic studies is highlighted.

Indexed as

AdultAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntitubercular AgentsCardiac TamponadeHIV InfectionsHumansMalePericardiocentesisPericarditis, TuberculousPrednisoloneSouth AfricaAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAntitubercular AgentsPrednisolone

Identifiers

PMID21118941
PMCPMC2990051
OpenAlexW2129172819

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Registered trials

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