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ArticleAfrican journal of thoracic and critical care medicine2018

A patient with weakness and an abnormal chest radiograph: A case report.

A van Straaten, J A Shaw, C F N Koegelenberg

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Article in African journal of thoracic and critical care medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A van StraatenDivision of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Tygerberg Academic Hospital and Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
J A ShawDivision of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Tygerberg Academic Hospital and Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
C F N KoegelenbergDivision of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Tygerberg Academic Hospital and Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
Stellenbosch University · ZA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 40-year-old black male presented to ICU after intubation for airway protection due to rapid onset of neck weakness and swallowing difficulty. His chest radiograph showed an unusual mediastinal opacity for which a computer tomography (CT) scan was done, confirming a mediastinal mass.

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mediastinal massweakness

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PMID34541496
PMCPMC8432927
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