Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30296998›Full record

ReviewEmergency medicine clinics of North America2018

Community-Acquired Pneumonia.

Ashley C Rider, Bradley W Frazee

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Review in Emergency medicine clinics of North America, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Risk factors for drug-resistant pathogens in community-acquired pneumonia: systematic review and meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025
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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 at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ashley C RiderDepartment of Emergency Physician, Alameda Health System - Highland Hospital, 1411 East 31st Street, Oakland, CA 94602, USA; UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Bradley W FrazeeDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Alameda Health System - Highland Hospital, 1411 East 31st Street, Oakland, CA 94602, USA. Electronic address: bfrazee@alamedahealthsystem.org.
Alameda Health System · USHighland Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Community-acquired pneumonia is one of the most common infections seen in emergency department patients. There is a wide spectrum of disease severity and viral pathogens are common. After a careful history and physical examination, chest radiographs may be the only diagnostic test required. The first step in management is risk stratification, using a validated clinical decision rule and serum lactate, followed by early antibiotics and fluid resuscitation when indicated. Antibiotics should be selected with attention to risk factors for multidrug-resistant respiratory pathogens. Broad use of pneumococcal vaccine in adults and children can prevent severe community-acquired pneumonia.

Indexed as

Community-Acquired InfectionsPneumoniaAnti-Bacterial AgentsEmergency Service, HospitalHumansMorbidityRisk FactorsUnited StatesAnti-Bacterial AgentsAcute cough illnessCURB-65Multi-drug resistant respiratory pathogenPneumoniaPneumonia severity index

Identifiers

PMID30296998
PMCPMC7126690
OpenAlexW2891086718

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Registered trials

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