Post-Extubation Dysphagia: The Truth Is Hard to Swallow.

Shannon M Fernando, Andrew J E Seely

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Article in Chest, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

5citing papers in PubMed

–field-weighted citation impact

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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

Exploration of tracheal tube contact pressure and simplified risk indicators for postoperative laryngopharyngeal discomfort: a prospective pilot study.Anaesthesiology intensive therapy · 2026
Observational
Radiation Overuse in Intensive Care Units.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2024
Review
The Characteristics and Predicators of Post-extubation Dysphagia in ICU Patients with Endotracheal Intubation.Dysphagia · 2023
Article
Association between timing of speech and language therapy initiation and outcomes among post-extubation dysphagia patients: a multicenter retrospective cohort study.Critical care (London, England) · 2022
Article
Dysphagia assessment in ischemic stroke after mechanical thrombectomy: When and how?Frontiers in neurology · 2022
Article

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Shannon M FernandoDivision of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Andrew J E SeelyDivision of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada; Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Electronic address: aseely@toh.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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Airway ExtubationDeglutition DisordersHumansIntensive Care UnitsRespiration, ArtificialRisk Factors

Identifiers

PMID33160520

DOI10.1016/j.chest.2020.08.2049

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