Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21867816›Full record

ReviewClinics in chest medicine2011

Defining severe pneumonia.

Samuel M Brown, Nathan C Dean

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Clinics in chest medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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

  1. Pooled it
  2. Harnessing breath biomarkers for pneumonia diagnosis and prognosis.Expert review of respiratory medicine · 2026
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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.

Samuel M BrownDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Samuel.Brown@imail.org
Nathan C Dean

Funding

Cardiovascular Variability and Control in Early SepsisK23GM094465 · NIGMS · IHC HEALTH SERVICES, INC. · PI BROWN, SAMUEL MORRIS · 2010 to 2014
$637k
NIGMS NIH HHS K23 GM094465
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pneumonia is an important clinical and public health problem. Identification and prediction of severe pneumonia are significant concerns. Attempts to define severe pneumonia should recognize that different purposes are served by different definitions; no single definition meets all needs. At present, several prediction models have been proposed or validated. Biomarkers are not yet ready for routine use. The authors recommend careful consideration of the implications of any given definition of pneumonia severity. Outcome studies are needed to integrate human and health care system factors with the application of pneumonia severity definitions.

Indexed as

Severity of Illness IndexAnti-Bacterial AgentsBiomarkersCommunity-Acquired InfectionsHumansPneumonia, BacterialAnti-Bacterial AgentsBiomarkers

Identifiers

PMID21867816
PMCPMC3163061

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