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Observational studyAmerican journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2020

Pleural Fluid suPAR Levels Predict the Need for Invasive Management in Parapneumonic Effusions.

David T Arnold, Fergus W Hamilton, Karen T Elvers, Stuart W Frankland, Natalie Zahan-Evans, Sonia Patole, Andrew Medford, Rahul Bhatnagar, Nicholas A Maskell

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In one paragraph

Observational study in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Local management of pleural infection: a narrative review.European journal of medical research · 2026
    Review
  4. What is new in pleural infections?Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2026
    Review
  5. Article
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  7. Article
  8. Pleural infection: controversies on the therapeutic strategies.Current opinion in pulmonary medicine · 2025
    Review
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  11. Review
  12. Review
  13. Pleural fluid biomarkers: a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024
    Review
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  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Diagnosis and management of pleural infection.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2023
    Review
  20. Observational
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

David T ArnoldAcademic Respiratory Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-3158-7740
Fergus W HamiltonNorth Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom; and.
Karen T ElversAcademic Respiratory Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Stuart W FranklandIntensive Care Department, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, United Kingdom.
Natalie Zahan-EvansNorth Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom; and.
Sonia PatoleNorth Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom; and.
Andrew MedfordNorth Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom; and.
Rahul BhatnagarAcademic Respiratory Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Nicholas A MaskellAcademic Respiratory Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.
North Bristol NHS Trust · GBUniversity of Bristol · GBMusgrove Park Hospital · GB

Funding

Department of Health DRF-2018-11-ST2-065
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AgedAged, 80 and overCase-Control StudiesChest TubesConservative TreatmentC-Reactive ProteinEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayExudates and TransudatesFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsGlucoseHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationLeukocyte CountL-Lactate DehydrogenaseMaleC-Reactive ProteinFibrinolytic AgentsGlucoseL-Lactate DehydrogenasePLAUR protein, humanProteinsReceptors, Urokinase Plasminogen Activatorempyemapleural effusionpneumoniasuPAR

Identifiers

PMID32069085
PMCPMC7301729
OpenAlexW3008987864

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Registered trials

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