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ReviewJournal of thoracic disease2019

The role of small or single-institution prospective studies in thoracic research.

Tara R Semenkovich, C Corbin Frye, M Shea Harrison, Melanie Subramanian, Benjamin D Kozower, Bryan F Meyers, Varun Puri

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Review in Journal of thoracic disease, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Tara R SemenkovichDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
C Corbin FryeDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
M Shea HarrisonDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Melanie SubramanianDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Benjamin D KozowerDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Bryan F MeyersDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Varun PuriDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.

Funding

BASIC SCIENCE RESEARCH TRAINING: CARDIOPULMONARY SURGERYT32HL007776 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DAMIANO, RALPH J · 1994 to 2020
$4.6M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interventional studies are designed specifically to test the impact of a treatment or management strategy on an outcome of interest. In this article, we will highlight two viewpoints regarding the role of small or single-institution prospective interventional studies within the field of thoracic surgery: first, that these studies are beneficial and can positively impact the field, and second, that these studies can have such significant limitations that they may have no meaningful impact. We will also review elements that can make for successful design and execution of small prospective interventional studies.

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Prospective studiessmall trialsthoracic surgery

Identifiers

PMID31032073
PMCPMC6465428

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