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SynthesisBMC pulmonary medicine2023

An efficacy and safety evaluation of montelukast + fluticasone propionate vs. fluticasone propionate in the treatment of cough variant asthma in children: a meta-analysis.

Zhengbo Wei, Sheng Li

Open access · goldAbstract readMeta-Analysis
In one paragraph

Synthesis in BMC pulmonary medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
  3. Cough-Variant Asthma: A Review of Clinical Characteristics, Diagnosis, and Pathophysiology.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2025
    Review
  4. Article
  5. BASOPHILS ACTIVATE PRURICEPTOR-LIKE VAGAL SENSORY NEURONS.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
    Article
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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhengbo WeiDepartment of Pediatrics, The Affiliated Yancheng Maternity&Child Health Hospital of Yangzhou University Medical School, No. 31, Century Avenue East Road, Economic Development Area, Yancheng, Jiang Su Province, 224002, China.
Sheng LiDepartment of Pediatrics, The Affiliated Yancheng Maternity&Child Health Hospital of Yangzhou University Medical School, No. 31, Century Avenue East Road, Economic Development Area, Yancheng, Jiang Su Province, 224002, China. lishengvip2084@163.com.
Yangzhou University · CN

Funding

Medical Science and Technology Development Project of Yancheng YK2021051,YCBE202205
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of montelukast (Mon) + fluticasone propionate (Flu) versus Flu in the treatment of cough variant asthma (CVA) in children.

methodsEligible documents were selected from various databases. Weighted mean difference (WMD) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were used to evaluate continuous variables, and categorical variables were evaluated using risk ratio (RR) and 95% CI. Heterogeneity analysis was performed using Cochran's Q test and I

resultsNine studies were included, and Flu + Mon was found to significantly improve the total effective rate and reduce cough recurrence compared to Flu. The cough remission and disappearance times in the Mon + Flu group were significantly lower than those in the Flu group. FEV1% recovery in the Mon + Flu group was significantly better than that in the Flu group.

conclusionMon + Flu is effective and safe for the treatment of CVA in children.

Indexed as

Anti-Asthmatic AgentsAsthmaAcetatesChildCoughCyclopropanesFluticasoneHumansQuinolinesSulfidesAcetatesAnti-Asthmatic AgentsCyclopropanesFluticasonemontelukastQuinolinesSulfidesCough variant asthmaFluticasone propionateMeta-analysisMontelukast

Identifiers

PMID38053076
PMCPMC10696880
OpenAlexW4389337765

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