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ArticleMedical sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2017

Healthcare Cost and Utilization before and after Diagnosis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa among Patients with Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis in the U.S.

Christopher M Blanchette, Joshua M Noone, Glenda Stone, Emily Zacherle, Ripsi P Patel, Reuben Howden, Douglas Mapel

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Article in Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Guideline
  2. A systematic literature review of the clinical and socioeconomic burden of bronchiectasis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2024
    Pooled it
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  8. The Ability of Bacteriophages to Reduce Biofilms Produced byAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  12. Review
  13. Prevalence of bronchiectasis: a narrative review.Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease
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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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Christopher M BlanchetteUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Public Health Sciences, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA. cblanche@uncc.edu.
Joshua M NooneUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Public Health Sciences, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA. jnoone1@uncc.edu.
Glenda StoneGrifols, Durham, NC 27709, USA. Glenda.stone@grifols.com.
Emily ZacherleUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Public Health Sciences, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA. ezacherl@uncc.edu.
Ripsi P PatelUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Public Health Sciences, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA. ripsi.patel@uncc.edu.
Reuben HowdenUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Public Health Sciences, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA. rhowden@uncc.edu.
Douglas MapelUniversity of New Mexico College of Pharmacy, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA. dmapel@comcast.net.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte · USGrifols (United States) · USUniversity of New Mexico · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFBE) is a rare, chronic lung disease characterized by bronchial inflammation and permanent airway dilation. Chronic infections with

Indexed as

bronchial inflammationbronchiectasischronic lung diseaseexacerbationshealthcare costshealthcare utilizationPseudomonas aeruginosa

Identifiers

PMID29099036
PMCPMC5753649
OpenAlexW2757923343

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