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ArticleFederal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS2020

Difluoroethane Inhalant Abuse, Skeletal Fluorosis, and Withdrawal.

Adam Custer, Andrew Corse, Sondra Vazirani

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Article in Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS, 2020. 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
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Skeletal Fluorosis: A Case Report of Rare Diagnosis of Computer-cleaner Toxicosis.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2025
    Article
  2. Skeletal Fluorosis: A Case of Inhalant Abuse Leading to a Diagnosis of Colon Cancer.Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports
    Article
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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Adam Custeris a Resident Physician in the Department of Medicine, and is a Resident Physician in the Department of Psychiatry, both at the University of California Los Angeles. is an Attending Physician at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.
Andrew Corseis a Resident Physician in the Department of Medicine, and is a Resident Physician in the Department of Psychiatry, both at the University of California Los Angeles. is an Attending Physician at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.
Sondra Vaziraniis a Resident Physician in the Department of Medicine, and is a Resident Physician in the Department of Psychiatry, both at the University of California Los Angeles. is an Attending Physician at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prolonged or excessive use of the central nervous system depressant difluoroethane, which is an easily acquired and inexpensive volatile substance that can be inhaled recreationally, is associated with toxicity, and abrupt cessation can induce withdrawal.

Identifiers

PMID32669782
PMCPMC7357883
OpenAlexW3043664043

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Registered trials

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