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ArticleBioImpacts : BI2020

Effect of bromhexine on clinical outcomes and mortality in COVID-19 patients: A randomized clinical trial.

Khalil Ansarin, Ramin Tolouian, Mohammadreza Ardalan, Ali Taghizadieh, Mojtaba Varshochi, Soheil Teimouri, Tahere Vaezi, Hamed Valizadeh, Parviz Saleh, Saeid Safiri and 1 more

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Article in BioImpacts : BI, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
64citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
2.7field-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

64 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 121 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Current evidence for COVID-19 therapies: a systematic literature review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2021
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4 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

11 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Khalil AnsarinRahat Breath and Sleep Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3114-5224
Ramin TolouianDivision of Nephrology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Mohammadreza ArdalanKidney Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6851-5460
Ali TaghizadiehTuberculosis and Lung Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Mojtaba VarshochiInfectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Soheil TeimouriDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Tahere VaeziDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Hamed ValizadehTuberculosis and Lung Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Parviz SalehKidney Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Saeid SafiriDepartment of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7986-9072
Kenneth R ChapmanAsthma and Airway Center, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2498-9859
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity Health Network · CAUniversity of Arizona · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Bromhexine hydrochlorideCOVID-19 diseaseCOVID-19 pneumoniaCOVID-19 treatmentSARS-CoV2TMPRSS2

Identifiers

PMID32983936
PMCPMC7502909
OpenAlexW3084101718

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