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ArticleAnnals of thoracic medicine

The Saudi Thoracic Society guidelines for diagnosis and management of noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.

Hamdan Al-Jahdali, Abdullah Alshimemeri, Abdullah Mobeireek, Amr S Albanna, Nehad N Al Shirawi, Siraj Wali, Khaled Alkattan, Abdulrahman A Alrajhi, Khalid Mobaireek, Hassan S Alorainy and 3 more

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Article in Annals of thoracic medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Exercise training for bronchiectasis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  6. Bronchiectasis in a child with a homozygousJournal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2026
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  10. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024
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  19. Nurse-led versus doctor-led care for bronchiectasis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 10 institutions in 4 countries.

Hamdan Al-JahdaliCollege of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Division, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah AlshimemeriCollege of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Division, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah MobeireekCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Amr S AlbannaCollege of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Division, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Nehad N Al ShirawiIntensive Care Department, Riyadh Care Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Siraj WaliCollege of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Respiratory Unit, Department of Medicine, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Khaled AlkattanCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulrahman A AlrajhiCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Khalid MobaireekCollege of Medicine, King Saud University, King Khalid University Hospital, Pediatric Pulmonology Division, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hassan S AlorainyKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Respiratory Therapy Services, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed S Al-HajjajDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine. University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE.
Anne B ChangInternational Reviewer, Children's Centre of Health Research Queensland University of Technology, Queensland.
Stefano AlibertiInternational Reviewer, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of MilanInternal Medicine Department, Respiratory Unit and Cystic Fibrosis Adult Center. Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Via Francesco Sforza 35, 20122, Milan, Italy.
Alfaisal University · SAKing Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SAKing Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences · SAKing Abdulaziz Medical City · SAKing Abdulaziz University · SAKing Khalid University Hospital · SAQueensland University of Technology · AURiyadh Armed Forces Hospital · SAUniversity of Milan · ITUniversity of Sharjah · AE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is the first guideline developed by the Saudi Thoracic Society for the diagnosis and management of noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. Local experts including pulmonologists, infectious disease specialists, thoracic surgeons, respiratory therapists, and others from adult and pediatric departments provided the best practice evidence recommendations based on the available international and local literature. The main objective of this guideline is to utilize the current published evidence to develop recommendations about management of bronchiectasis suitable to our local health-care system and available resources. We aim to provide clinicians with tools to standardize the diagnosis and management of bronchiectasis. This guideline targets primary care physicians, family medicine practitioners, practicing internists and respiratory physicians, and all other health-care providers involved in the care of the patients with bronchiectasis.

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Bronchiectasiscystic fibrosisSaudi

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PMID28808486
PMCPMC5541962
OpenAlexW2735221874

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