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ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Trends in Molecular Diagnosis of Nosocomial Pneumonia Classic PCR vs. Point-of-Care PCR: A Narrative Review.

Andrei-Mihai Bălan, Constantin Bodolea, Sebastian Daniel Trancă, Natalia Hagău

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Review in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrei-Mihai BălanDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2, "Iuliu Hatieganu", University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Constantin BodoleaDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2, "Iuliu Hatieganu", University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7798-0762
Sebastian Daniel TrancăDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2, "Iuliu Hatieganu", University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-2455-9231
Natalia HagăuDepartment of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2, "Iuliu Hatieganu", University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nosocomial pneumonia is one of the most frequent hospital-acquired infections. One of the types of nosocomial pneumonia is ventilator-associated pneumonia, which occurs in endotracheally intubated patients in intensive care units (ICU). Ventilator-associated pneumonia may be caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens, which increase the risk of complications due to the difficulty in treating them. Pneumonia is a respiratory disease that requires targeted antimicrobial treatment initiated as early as possible to have a good outcome. For the therapy to be as specific and started sooner, diagnostic methods have evolved rapidly, becoming quicker and simpler to perform. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a rapid diagnostic technique with numerous advantages compared to classic plate culture-based techniques. Researchers continue to improve diagnostic methods; thus, the newest types of PCR can be performed at the bedside, in the ICU, so-called point of care testing-PCR (POC-PCR). The purpose of this review is to highlight the benefits and drawbacks of PCR-based techniques in managing nosocomial pneumonia.

Indexed as

molecular diagnosispneumoniapoint-of-care PCR

Identifiers

PMID37174887
PMCPMC10177880
OpenAlexW4376631224

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