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ArticleCureus2022

Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: A Palliative Approach to Treatment.

Kathryn D Esposito, Masood A Shariff, Aubrey Freiberg, Ma Carla Angela Evangelista

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Article in Cureus, 2022. 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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0citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
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

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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kathryn D EspositoInternal Medicine, St. George's University School of Medicine, St. George's, GRD.
Masood A ShariffInternal Medicine, NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, Bronx, USA.
Aubrey FreibergRadiation Oncology, NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, Bronx, USA.
Ma Carla Angela EvangelistaInternal Medicine, NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, Lincoln Medical Center, Bronx, USA.
St. George's University · GDLincoln Medical Center · USSt. George's School · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome is an oncologic emergency of venous congestion due to impaired venous flow through the SVC to the right atrium, leading to potential hemodynamic instability. We report a case of a 78-year-old female patient with a non-symptomatic lung nodule that exhibited rapid growth from its discovery to an enlarging tumor impinging the SVC in less than one month. The short time span from computed tomography (CT) image of the tumor to oncologic emergency required our team to act quickly to identify the source of the tumor and halt its progression, utilizing a multidisciplinary team approach while dealing with a patient that executed their right of autonomy to refusal of care, thus focusing on management with palliative goals since SVC syndrome has a life expectancy of six months post-diagnosis.

Indexed as

oncologic emergencypalliative radiationpatient rightsrefusal of caresuperior vena cava syndrome

Identifiers

PMID36110489
PMCPMC9464010
OpenAlexW4290802435

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