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ArticleHealth science reports2020

Sputum procalcitonin levels in patients admitted to hospital with acute exacerbations of bronchiectasis.

William Good, Sarah Mooney, Irene Zeng, Susan Taylor, Lata Jayaram, David Holland, Benjamin Diggins, Conroy Wong

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Article in Health science reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Exacerbations of bronchiectasis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2024
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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

8 authors.

William GoodDepartment of Respiratory Medicine Middlemore Hospital, Counties Manukau District Health Board Auckland New Zealand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2656-1127
Sarah MooneyDepartment of Respiratory Medicine Middlemore Hospital, Counties Manukau District Health Board Auckland New Zealand.
Irene ZengResearch Office, Middlemore Hospital Counties Manukau District Health Board Auckland New Zealand.
Susan TaylorDepartment of Microbiology Middlemore Hospital, Counties Manukau District Health Board Auckland New Zealand.
Lata JayaramDepartment of Respiratory Medicine Western Health Melbourne Victoria Australia.
David HollandDepartment of Infectious Diseases Middlemore Hospital, Counties Manukau District Health Board Auckland New Zealand.
Benjamin DigginsDepartment of Respiratory Medicine Middlemore Hospital, Counties Manukau District Health Board Auckland New Zealand.
Conroy WongDepartment of Respiratory Medicine Middlemore Hospital, Counties Manukau District Health Board Auckland New Zealand.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Identifiers

PMID33313422
PMCPMC7695307

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