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ArticleJapanese journal of radiology2021

Can PET/CT be used more effectively in pleural effusion evaluation?

Fikri Selcuk Simsek, Dogangun Yuksel, Olga Yaylali, Halil Serdar Aslan, Emel Kılıçarslan, Ferda Bir, Muhammet Arslan, Fatma Ezgi Can, Erhan Ugurlu

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Article in Japanese journal of radiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fikri Selcuk SimsekNuclear Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey. fselcuksimsek@gmail.com.
Dogangun YukselNuclear Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.
Olga YaylaliNuclear Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.
Halil Serdar AslanRadiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.
Emel KılıçarslanPathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.
Ferda BirPathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.
Muhammet ArslanRadiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.
Fatma Ezgi CanBiostatistics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Turkey.
Erhan UgurluPulmonology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey.
Pamukkale University · TRIzmir Kâtip Çelebi University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeSometimes, characterization of pleural effusion (PE) can be challenging especially in patients whom invasive procedures/recurrent invasive procedures cannot be performed. The main purpose of the study is to answer this question, Can

methodsSixty-seven patients'

resultsNone of the

conclusionPatients who have contraindications for invasive diagnostic methods, and meet the aforementioned criteria may be considered as MPE primarily. On the other hand, if PE SUV

Indexed as

Multiple Pulmonary NodulesPleural EffusionFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyRadiopharmaceuticalsFluorodeoxyglucose F18Radiopharmaceuticals18F-FDG-PETCombined approachesCTPleural effusion

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PMID34165683
OpenAlexW3176380055

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