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ReviewQJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians2016

Inhaled treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: what's new and how does it fit?

G P Currie, B J Lipworth

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Review in QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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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.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

G P CurrieFrom the Consultant Chest Physician, Chest Clinic C, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK graeme.currie@nhs.net.
B J LipworthConsultant Chest Physician, Scottish Centre for Respiratory Research, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by progressive airflow obstruction, inhaled bronchodilators form the mainstay of treatment. A variety of new inhaled drugs and inhaler devices have recently been licensed and approved for prescribing to patients with COPD; many such drugs have been formulated in devices to deliver two different drugs at the same time. The evidence based review article highlights all of the drugs now licensed, describes some of the evidence surrounding their use and highlights practical steps in helping decide when these drugs should be considered in the context of guidelines.

Indexed as

Administration, InhalationAdrenal Cortex HormonesAdrenergic beta-2 Receptor AgonistsBronchodilator AgentsDelayed-Action PreparationsDrug CombinationsDrug PrescriptionsHumansMuscarinic AntagonistsOsteoporosisPneumoniaPractice Guidelines as TopicPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveSeverity of Illness IndexAdrenal Cortex HormonesAdrenergic beta-2 Receptor AgonistsBronchodilator AgentsDelayed-Action PreparationsDrug CombinationsMuscarinic Antagonists

Identifiers

PMID26559079
PMCPMC4986426

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