Nasopharyngeal swabs during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a role for the otolaryngologist.

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.

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.

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Comparison of the safety, effectiveness, and usability of swab robot vs. manual nasopharyngeal specimen collection.Heliyon · 2023
   Article
2. Covid 19 Pandemic-Training of Healthcare Workers in Obtaining a Nasopharyngeal Swab: Our Experience.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022
   Article
3. 3D-printed simulator for nasopharyngeal swab collection for COVID-19.Infectious diseases now · 2022
   Article
4. On-Site, On-Demand 3D-Printed Nasopharyngeal Swabs to Improve the Access of Coronavirus Disease-19 Testing.Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ) · 2021
   Article
5. Role of the otolaryngologist in nasopharyngeal swab training: A case report and review of the literature.Otolaryngology case reports · 2021
   Article
6. Otolaryngological symptoms in COVID-19.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2021
   Article
7. Using 3D-printed nose models in nasopharyngeal swab training.Oral oncology · 2021
   Article
8. Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection in HHT patients: nasopharyngeal versus oropharyngeal swab.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2020
   Article
9. Use of a novel drape 'tent' as an infection prevention control measure for mastoid surgery.The Journal of laryngology and otology · 2020
   Article
10. Could a mannequin simplify rhinopharyngeal swab collection in COVID 19 patients?European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2020
    Article
11. Reply to "Could a mannequin simplify rhinopharyngeal swab collection in COVID 19 patients?"European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2020
    Article

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.