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ReviewF1000Research2018

Recent advances in the understanding and management of cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbations.

Kate Skolnik, Bradley S Quon

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Review in F1000Research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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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

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Health care costs in a randomized trial of antimicrobial duration among cystic fibrosis patients with pulmonary exacerbations.Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society · 2022
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  3. State-of-the-Art Review: Transformative Changes in the Care of People With Cystic Fibrosis: Implications for Infectious Diseases Specialists.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2025
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  6. Clinical outcomes of cystic fibrosis patients with hemoptysis treated with bronchial artery embolization.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2021
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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

2 authors.

Kate SkolnikDivision of Respirology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Bradley S QuonCentre for Heart Lung Innovation, St Paul's Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1785-3870

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary exacerbations are common events in cystic fibrosis and have a profound impact on quality of life, morbidity, and mortality. Pulmonary exacerbation outcomes remain poor and a significant proportion of patients fail to recover their baseline lung function despite receiving aggressive treatment with intravenous antibiotics. This focused review provides an update on some of the recent advances that have taken place in our understanding of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of pulmonary exacerbations in cystic fibrosis as well as direction for future study.

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cystic fibrosisexacerbationstreatment

Identifiers

PMID29862015
PMCPMC5954331

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