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ArticleThe European respiratory journal2020

Limited role for bronchoalveolar lavage to exclude COVID-19 after negative upper respiratory tract swabs: a multicentre study.

Pietro Geri, Francesco Salton, Lina Zuccatosta, Mario Tamburrini, Marco Biolo, Annalisa Busca, Mario Santagiuliana, Umberto Zuccon, Paola Confalonieri, Barbara Ruaro and 3 more

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Article in The European respiratory journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Pietro GeriPulmonology Unit, University Hospital of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Francesco SaltonPulmonology Unit, University Hospital of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Lina ZuccatostaPulmonology and Bronchology Unit, Marche Polytechnic University Hospital, Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4580-7786
Mario TamburriniPulmonology Unit, General Hospital of Pordenone, Pordenone, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7619-9042
Marco BioloPulmonology Unit, University Hospital of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Annalisa BuscaPulmonology Unit, University Hospital of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Mario SantagiulianaPulmonology Unit, University Hospital of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Umberto ZucconPulmonology Unit, General Hospital of Pordenone, Pordenone, Italy.
Paola ConfalonieriPulmonology Unit, University Hospital of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Barbara RuaroPulmonology Unit, University Hospital of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Pierlanfranco D'AgaroVirology Lab, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Stefano GaspariniPulmonology and Bronchology Unit, Marche Polytechnic University Hospital, Ancona, Italy.
Marco ConfalonieriPulmonology Unit, University Hospital of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Coronavirus InfectionsPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSevere Acute Respiratory SyndromeBetacoronavirusBronchoalveolar LavageCOVID-19HumansRespiratory SystemSARS-CoV-2

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PMID32764117
PMCPMC7411271

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