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ArticlePulmonary therapy2017

A Retrospective Study of the Effectiveness of the AeroChamber Plus

Chakkarin Burudpakdee, Vladimir Kushnarev, Dominic Coppolo, Jason A Suggett

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Article in Pulmonary therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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, 6 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Chakkarin BurudpakdeeQuintilesIMS, Fairfax, VA, USA. Chakkarin.Burudpakdee@quintilesims.com.
Vladimir KushnarevTrudell Medical International, London, ON, Canada.
Dominic CoppoloMonaghan Medical Corporation, Syracuse, NY, USA.
Jason A SuggettTrudell Medical International, London, ON, Canada.
Trudell Medical International (Canada) · CAIQVIA (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionElectrostatic charge in valved holding chambers (VHCs) may lead to inconsistent metered-dose inhaler (MDI) asthma drug delivery. We compared the AeroChamber Plus

methodsPatients included in an adjudicated claims database with AC

results9325 patients in each cohort were identified. The IR of exacerbations per 100 person-days (95% CI) was significantly higher in the control VHC cohort than the AC

conclusionsThe AC

Indexed as

AsthmaExacerbationsSpacersValved holding chambers

Identifiers

PMID32026345
PMCPMC6963993
OpenAlexW2735149009

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