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ArticleInternational journal of general medicine2012

Practical approach to management of respiratory complications in neurological disorders.

Zaheer Mangera, Gurkirat Panesar, Himender Makker

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Article in International journal of general medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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.

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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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    Guideline
  3. WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION EXERCISE IS WELL TOLERATED IN PATIENTS WITH DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM · 2017
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  4. Reclaiming "Chest Physio": Why professional language matters.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2026
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  8. Cough as a neurological sign: What a clinician should know.World journal of critical care medicine · 2022
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zaheer MangeraRespiratory Medicine, North Middlesex University Hospital, London, UK.
Gurkirat Panesar
Himender Makker
North Middlesex Hospital · GBNational Health Service · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with certain neurological diseases are at increased risk of developing chest infections as well as respiratory failure due to muscular weakness. In particular, patients with certain neuromuscular disorders are at higher risk. These conditions are often associated with sleep disordered breathing. It is important to identify patients at risk of respiratory complications early in the course of their disease, although patients with neuromuscular disorders often present in the acute setting with respiratory involvement. This review of the respiratory complications of neurological disorders, with a particular focus on neuromuscular disorders, explores why this happens and looks at how to recognize, investigate, and manage these patients effectively.

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respiratory failurerespiratory muscle weakness

Identifiers

PMID22505823
PMCPMC3325013
OpenAlexW2113452076

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