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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Pneumomediastinum following endobronchial ultrasound and transbronchial needle aspirate (EBUS-TBNA) sampling of mediastinal lymph nodes.

Alice Stanton, Kevin Conroy, Graham Miller

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In one paragraph

Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 85% 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, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alice StantonRespiratory Medicine, University Hospital of North Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, UK.
Kevin ConroyRespiratory Medicine, University Hospital of North Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, UK kevin.conroy@nhs.net.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6235-3598
Graham MillerRespiratory Medicine, University Hospital of North Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, UK.
University Hospital of North Tees · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 72-year-old female patient underwent endobronchial ultrasound and transbronchial needle aspirate sampling of mediastinal lymph nodes to investigate a middle lobe abnormality following an urgent referral. CT imaging completed the following day demonstrated a pneumomediastinum. At clinical review, the patient remained clinically stable and no intervention was required.

Indexed as

Lung NeoplasmsMediastinal EmphysemaAgedBronchoscopyEndoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle AspirationFemaleHumansLymph NodesMediastinumNeoplasm StagingRetrospective Studiespneumomediastinumrespiratory cancerrespiratory medicine

Identifiers

PMID34340989
PMCPMC8330589
OpenAlexW3189215817

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