Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28159165›Full record

ReviewClinics in chest medicine2017

Viral Pneumonia in Patients with Hematologic Malignancy or Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

Erik Vakil, Scott E Evans

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Review in Clinics in chest medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Predictors of antibiotic prescription for upper respiratory infections in cancer patients.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2025
    Article
  3. Airway disease in hematologic malignancies.Expert review of respiratory medicine · 2022
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. COVID-19 in Hematologic Malignancies: Big Challenges.Clinical hematology international · 2020
    Article
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Future Research Directions in Pneumonia. NHLBI Working Group Report.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2018
    Article
  11. Transmission and Control of Respiratory Viral Infections in the Healthcare Setting.Current treatment options in infectious diseases · 2018
    Review
  12. Article
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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Erik VakilDivision of Internal Medicine, Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 1.434, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: erik.vakil@uth.tmc.edu.
Scott E EvansDivision of Internal Medicine, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Unit 1100, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: seevans@mdanderson.org.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Inducible epithelial antiviral resistance to prevent asthmaDP2HL123229 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI EVANS, SCOTT E. · 2013 to 2013
$2.4M
Epithelial mechanisms of inducible resistance to AML-associated pneumoniaR01HL117976 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI EVANS, SCOTT E. · 2014 to 2018
$2.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS DP2 HL123229NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL117976
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viral pneumonias in patients with hematologic malignancies and recipients of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation cause significant morbidity and mortality. Advances in diagnostic techniques have enabled rapid identification of respiratory viral pathogens from upper and lower respiratory tract samples. Lymphopenia, myeloablative and T-cell depleting chemotherapy, graft-versus-host disease, and other factors increase the risk of developing life-threatening viral pneumonia. Chest imaging is often nonspecific but may aid in diagnoses. Bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage is recommended in those at high risk for viral pneumonia who have new infiltrates on chest imaging.

Indexed as

Hematologic NeoplasmsHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansPneumonia, ViralTransplantation ConditioningHematologic malignancyImmunocompromised host pneumoniaStem cell transplantViral pneumonia

Identifiers

PMID28159165
PMCPMC5373482
OpenAlexW3090360841

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