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ReviewCanadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie2020

End-of-life care in patients with a highly transmissible respiratory virus: implications for COVID-19.

Miriam Mottiar, Ariel Hendin, Lisa Fischer, Amanda Roze des Ordons, Michael Hartwick

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Review in Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Interventions for palliative symptom control in COVID-19 patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  2. Musculoskeletal and Neuropathic Pain in COVID-19.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  8. Occupational Stress and Mental Health among Anesthetists during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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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

5 authors.

Miriam MottiarDepartment of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, 501 Smyth Rd, Room 1401, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8L6, Canada. mmottiar@toh.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6521-4742
Ariel HendinDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Division of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Lisa FischerDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Amanda Roze des OrdonsDepartment of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Division of Palliative Medicine, Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Michael HartwickDivision of Critical Care, Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Symptom management and end-of-life care are core skills for all physicians, although in ordinary times many anesthesiologists have fewer occasions to use these skills. The current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has caused significant mortality over a short time and has necessitated an increase in provision of both critical care and palliative care. For anesthesiologists deployed to units caring for patients with COVID-19, this narrative review provides guidance on conducting goals of care discussions, withdrawing life-sustaining measures, and managing distressing symptoms.

Indexed as

AnesthesiologistsClinical CompetenceCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Critical CareHumansPalliative CarePandemicsPhysiciansPneumonia, ViralTerminal CareWithholding Treatment

Identifiers

PMID32394338
PMCPMC7212843

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