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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2019

The Association Between Usage of Colchicine and Pneumonia: A Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study.

Tsung-Lin Tsai, James Cheng-Chung Wei, Yue-Ting Wu, Yueh-Han Ku, Kun-Lin Lu, Yu-Hsun Wang, Jeng-Yuan Chiou

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Colchicine in Coronary Artery Disease-Too Much of a Good Thing?Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026
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  6. Molecular Targets for Intracranial Aneurysm Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  12. Colchicine for Coronary Artery Disease: A Review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tsung-Lin TsaiInstitute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
James Cheng-Chung WeiInstitute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Yue-Ting WuInstitute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Yueh-Han KuInstitute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Kun-Lin LuInstitute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Yu-Hsun WangDepartment of Medical Research, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Jeng-Yuan ChiouSchool of Health Policy and Management, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Chung Shan Medical University · TWChung Shan Medical University Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

cohortcolchicinegoutpneumoniapopulation-based study

Identifiers

PMID31474864
PMCPMC6706461
OpenAlexW2963134614

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