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ArticleGlobal pediatric health2019

Bronchodilators, Antibiotics, and Oral Corticosteroids Use in Primary Care for Children With Cough.

Sankaran Krishnan, Vicki Ianotti, John Welter, Meighan Maye Gallagher, Tatiana Ndjatou, Allen J Dozor

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Article in Global pediatric health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sankaran KrishnanNew York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1449-127X
Vicki IanottiNew York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
John WelterNew York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Meighan Maye GallagherNew York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Tatiana NdjatouNewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Allen J DozorNew York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
New York Medical College · USNewYork–Presbyterian Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Real-world management decisions for acute cough in children in primary care practice are not well understood. This study is an analysis of 560 encounters for children with cough, 19 days to 18 years of age, seen in a predominantly suburban academic pediatric practice, over 1 year. Past history, cough duration, and cough characteristics significantly affected treatment decisions. Children with cough frequently had a history of preterm birth, allergies, asthma, and neurological conditions. Most common therapies were bronchodilators, antibiotics, and oral corticosteroids. Children prescribed antibiotics were older, more likely to have a wet or productive cough, history of sinusitis, pneumonia or dysphagia, and longer cough duration. Children prescribed oral corticosteroids were younger, less likely to be wet or productive and more likely to have history of asthma or dysphagia. Children prescribed bronchodilators were more likely to have fever, nasal congestion, and wheezing and history of previous asthma, pneumonia, or dysphagia.

Indexed as

acute coughantibioticsbronchodilatorssteroids

Identifiers

PMID30828592
PMCPMC6390215
OpenAlexW2915978364

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