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Trial reportAmerican heart journal2018

Palliative care and hospital readmissions in patients with advanced heart failure: Insights from the PAL-HF trial.

Robert J Mentz, Christopher M O'Connor, Bradi B Granger, Hongqiu Yang, Chetan B Patel, Karen E Steinhauser, Mona Fiuzat, Kimberly S Johnson, Kevin J Anstrom, Gwen C Dodson and 4 more

Abstract readLetterRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in American heart journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. The role of intestinal microbiota in cardiovascular disease.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2019
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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

14 authors.

Robert J MentzDepartment of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC. Electronic address: robert.mentz@duke.edu.
Christopher M O'ConnorDepartment of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Inova Heart & Vascular Institute, Falls Church, VA.
Bradi B GrangerDuke School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Hongqiu YangDuke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC.
Chetan B PatelDepartment of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC.
Karen E SteinhauserDepartment of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Center for Health Services Research and Development in Primary Care, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Mona FiuzatDepartment of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
Kimberly S JohnsonDepartment of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC.
Kevin J AnstromDuke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC; Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
Gwen C DodsonDepartment of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
Donald H TaylorDuke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC; Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC; Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC.
Daniel B MarkDepartment of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC.
James A TulskyDepartment of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Joseph G RogersDepartment of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC.

Funding

REHAB-HF: A Trial of Rehabilitation Therapy in Older Acute Heart Failure PatientsR01AG045551 · NIA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KITZMAN, DALANE W · 2014 to 2018
$6.8M
Heart Failure Clinical Research Network Regional Clinical Center (U10)U10HL110312 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI FELKER, GARY M · 2012 to 2018
$3.5M
Palliative Care in Heart Failure (PAL-HF)R01NR013428 · NINR · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI ROGERS, JOSEPH G., TULSKY, JAMES A. · 2011 to 2014
$1.8M
Increasing Access to Hospice Care for Older African Americans: A National StudyR01AG042130 · NIA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI JOHNSON, KIMBERLY S. · 2012 to 2014
$1.0M
Organizational Variability and Racial Disparities in Hospice UseK08AG028975 · NIA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI JOHNSON, KIMBERLY S. · 2007 to 2011
$863k
NHLBI NIH HHS U10 HL110312NIA NIH HHS K08 AG028975NIA NIH HHS R01 AG042130NIA NIH HHS R01 AG045551NINR NIH HHS R01 NR013428
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Palliative CarePatient ReadmissionQuality of LifeAgedAged, 80 and overFacilities and Services UtilizationFemaleHeart FailureHumansMaleMiddle Aged

Identifiers

PMID30100051
PMCPMC6657804

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