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ReviewCureus2019

Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: The Changes Made.

Avani R Patel, Amar R Patel, Shivank Singh, Shantanu Singh, Imran Khawaja

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In one paragraph

Review in Cureus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
61citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

61 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 135 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Physically Meaningful Surrogate Data for COPD.IEEE open journal of engineering in medicine and biology · 2024
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1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Avani R PatelInternal Medicine, Northern California Kaiser Permanente, Fremont, USA.
Amar R PatelInternal Medicine, Northern California Kaiser Permanente, Fremont, USA.
Shivank SinghInternal Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, CHN.
Shantanu SinghPulmonary Medicine, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, USA.
Imran KhawajaPulmonary Medicine, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, USA.
Marshall University · USSouthern Medical University · CNKaiser Permanente · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD is one of the conditions that physicians frequently see in both the hospital and outpatient setting. In order to improve diagnostic and treatment outcomes, the Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of COPD, the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) was created in 2001. Every year, a new report is generated based on an analysis of published studies which attempts to improve the way physicians handle COPD. GOLD reports are considered to be essential evidence-based reference tools for the implementation of effective management plans, and represent the current best practices for the care of patients with COPD. The 2017 report greatly revised the guidelines and added a few components that changed the system of COPD diagnosis and treatment. This review article addresses those changes, explains the current guidelines, and draws attention to areas that still require improvement.

Indexed as

abcd assessment toolchronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd)copd exacerbationforced expiratory volume in one secondforced vital capacityglobal initiative for chronic obstructive lung diseaselong-acting beta-2 agonistpersistent airflow limitationsmokingspirometry

Identifiers

PMID31453045
PMCPMC6701900
OpenAlexW2950807358

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Registered trials

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