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ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2012

A not so simple effusion.

Avinash Aujayeb, Sylvia Worthy, Simon Doe

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Article in Respiratory medicine case reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Avinash AujayebRoyal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle NE1 4LP, United Kingdom.
Sylvia WorthyRoyal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle NE1 4LP, United Kingdom.
Simon DoeRoyal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle NE1 4LP, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe the case of a patient with an empyema, how it forms and what the evidence behind the treatment options are with specific reference to intrapleural thrombolytic therapy.

Indexed as

EffusionEmpyema

Identifiers

PMID26029590
PMCPMC3920345

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