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ArticleAnnals of the American Thoracic Society2023

A Network Meta-analysis of Dexamethasone for Preventing Postextubation Upper Airway Obstruction in Children.

Narayan P Iyer, Yolanda M López-Fernández, Sebastián González-Dambrauskas, Arun K Baranwal, Justin C Hotz, Meng Zhu, Yuan Zhang, Hannah J Craven, Elizabeth C Whipple, Samer Abu-Sultaneh and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Article in Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Expert opinion on factors associated with severe laryngeal injury after intubation in the pediatric population: a worldwide survey study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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  12. Clinical Practice Guideline Methodology: An Evolving Science.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2023
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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

11 authors at 8 institutions in 5 countries.

Narayan P IyerFetal and Neonatal Institute, Division of Neonatology, and.ORCID 0000-0003-3589-0018
Yolanda M López-FernándezDivision of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Biocruces-Bizkaia Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital, Bizkaia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3918-1326
Sebastián González-DambrauskasCuidados Intensivos Pediátricos Especializados (CIPe), Casa de Galicia, Red Colaborativa Pediátrica de Latinoamérica (LARed Network), Montevideo, Uruguay.ORCID 0000-0003-4775-227X
Arun K BaranwalHDF unit, Advanced Pediatrics Center, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.ORCID 0000-0003-4334-2652
Justin C HotzDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.ORCID 0000-0001-8352-9564
Meng ZhuDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6173-0005
Yuan ZhangDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4174-0641
Hannah J CravenRuth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.ORCID 0000-0002-1701-3655
Elizabeth C WhippleRuth Lilly Medical Library, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.ORCID 0000-0002-0103-6318
Samer Abu-SultanehDivision of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health and Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana; and.ORCID 0000-0002-2659-2070
Robinder G KhemaniDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.ORCID 0000-0002-5815-0314
Impact · CAIndiana University School of MedicineUniversity of Southern California · USBioCruces Health research Institute · ESChildren's Hospital of Los Angeles · USIndiana University Health · USPost Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · INUniversidad de la República de Uruguay · UY

Funding

Pediatric Ventilator Liberation Consensus ConferenceR13HD102137 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES · PI ABU-SULTANEH, SAMER, KHEMANI, ROBINDER · 2020 to 2021
$75k
NICHD NIH HHS R13 HD102137
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Airway ObstructionRespiration DisordersAdrenal Cortex HormonesAirway ExtubationBayes TheoremChildHumansAdrenal Cortex Hormonesdexamethasoneextubationmeta-analysisupper airway obstruction

Identifiers

PMID35976878
PMCPMC9819263
OpenAlexW4292117650

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