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ArticleThorax2018

One evidence base; three stories: do opioids relieve chronic breathlessness?

Magnus Ekström, Sabrina Bajwah, J Martin Bland, David C Currow, Jamilla Hussain, Miriam J Johnson

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In one paragraph

Article in Thorax, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
14.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Palliative drug treatments for breathlessness in cystic fibrosis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
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  15. Off-label use in adult palliative care - more common than expected. A retrospective chart review.European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice · 2022
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  19. Care for Older People with Dementia During COVID-19 Pandemic.SN comprehensive clinical medicine · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Magnus EkströmDivision of Respiratory Medicine & Allergology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Sabrina BajwahCicely Saunders Institute, King's College London, London, UK.
J Martin BlandDepartment of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK.
David C CurrowDiscipline, Palliative and Supportive Services, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
Jamilla HussainHull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK.
Miriam J JohnsonHull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK.
Hull York Medical School · GBFlinders University · AUKing's College London · GBLund University · SEUniversity of York · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation CS/13/2/30584Department of Health DRF-2013-06-001Department of Health PB-PG-0815-20030Marie Curie MCCC-RP-15-A18859
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The efficacy of low-dose systemic opioids for chronic breathlessness was questioned by the recent Cochrane review by Barnes

Indexed as

Analgesics, OpioidChronic DiseaseDyspneaHumansAnalgesics, OpioidCOPD PharmacologyPalliative CarePerception of Asthma/Breathlessness

Identifiers

PMID28377491
OpenAlexW2604193004

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.