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Trial reportThe European respiratory journal2018

Is chronic breathlessness less recognised and treated compared with chronic pain? A case-based randomised controlled trial.

Zainab Ahmadi, Jacob Sandberg, Aaron Shannon-Honson, Zac Vandersman, David C Currow, Magnus Ekström

Abstract readLetterRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in The European respiratory journal, 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.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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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

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

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  2. Multicomponent services for symptoms in serious respiratory illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2024
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  3. Fixed-intensity exercise tests to measure exertional dyspnoea in chronic heart and lung populations: a systematic review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2023
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  16. Recognizing and Managing the Burdens ofAmerican journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2023
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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

6 authors.

Zainab AhmadiDept of Clinical Sciences, Division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Jacob SandbergCenter for Primary Health Care Research, Dept of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Aaron Shannon-HonsonIMPACCT, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Australia.
Zac VandersmanIMPACCT, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Australia.
David C CurrowIMPACCT, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Australia.
Magnus EkströmDept of Clinical Sciences, Division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Practice Patterns, Physicians'AdultAnalgesics, OpioidChronic PainDyspneaFemaleHumansMalePulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveSwedenAnalgesics, Opioid

Identifiers

PMID30002106
PMCPMC6340635

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