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SynthesisEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society2018

Pulmonary function tests as outcomes for systemic sclerosis interstitial lung disease.

Melissa Caron, Sabrina Hoa, Marie Hudson, Kevin Schwartzman, Russell Steele

Registry-linked trialOpen access · diamondAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03560154 (Effects of Whole Body Vibration Training in Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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47citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT03560154 naunknown statusnot on this map

Effects of Whole Body Vibration Training in Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorIstanbul UniversityRan2017 to 2020Enrolled60ConditionsInterstitial Lung Disease, Scleroderma, Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisArmsWhole Body Vibration Training
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Melissa CaronDept of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Sabrina HoaDept of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Marie HudsonDivision of Rheumatology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Kevin SchwartzmanDept of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Russell SteeleDept of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
McGill University · CAJewish General Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc). We performed a systematic review to characterise the use and validation of pulmonary function tests (PFTs) as surrogate markers for systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) progression.Five electronic databases were searched to identify all relevant studies. Included studies either used at least one PFT measure as a longitudinal outcome for SSc-ILD progression (

Indexed as

Respiratory Function TestsBiopsyDisease ProgressionHumansLungLung Diseases, InterstitialPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisPulmonary Diffusing CapacityReproducibility of ResultsScleroderma, SystemicTime FactorsTomography, X-Ray ComputedTotal Lung CapacityVital Capacity

Identifiers

PMID29769294
PMCPMC9488607
OpenAlexW2803995891

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