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ReviewCureus2024

Smoke Signals: Unraveling the Paradoxical Impact of Smoking on Stroke Prognosis and Treatment Efficacy.

Faryal Zafar, Anesh Wadhwa, Kabeer Kumar, Muhammad Ahmed, Azhar S Khokhar, Sahar Sajjad, Sergio Rodrigo Oliveira Souza Lima, Shariq K Baluch, Abeer K Srour, Shadi S Al-Deir and 3 more

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Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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

13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Faryal ZafarMedicine, Ziauddin University, Karachi, PAK.
Anesh WadhwaMedicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
Kabeer KumarMedicine and Surgery, Chandka Medical College, Larkana, PAK.
Muhammad AhmedPsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK.
Azhar S KhokharInternal Medicine, Rasheed Nursing Home, Islamabad, PAK.
Sahar SajjadMedicine, Rasheed Nursing Home, Islamabad, PAK.
Sergio Rodrigo Oliveira Souza LimaPlastic Surgery, Bahia Hospital, Salvador, BRA.
Shariq K BaluchInternal Medicine, Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, MEX.
Abeer K SrourInternal Medicine, Palestine Medical Complex, Ramallah, PSE.
Shadi S Al-DeirInternal Medicine, Misr University for Science and Technology, Amman, JOR.
Abdullah ShehryarInternal Medicine, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, PAK.
Abdur RehmanSurgery, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, PAK.
Muhammad AbubakarInternal Medicine, Wah Medical College, Wah Cantt, PAK.
Allama Iqbal Medical College · PKDow University of Health Sciences · PKMayo Hospital · PKZiauddin University · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Smoking is a well-established risk factor for stroke, yet its impact on stroke prognosis remains complex and multifaceted. This systematic review aims to elucidate the relationship between smoking and various stroke outcomes, including response to treatment and long-term recovery. We conducted a comprehensive analysis of four fundamental studies that examined the prognosis of stroke in smokers, focusing on clinical outcomes post-endovascular treatment, response to antiplatelet therapy, incidence of post-stroke delirium, and the effectiveness of thrombolysis treatment. The studies varied in design, including observational, retrospective, and post hoc trial analyses. The review reveals that smoking may paradoxically predict better clinical outcomes in specific treatment scenarios, such as post-endovascular treatment and when using clopidogrel. However, smokers also demonstrated higher rates of ischemic stroke and post-stroke delirium. Notably, the

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antiplatelet therapyendovascular treatmentpost-stroke deliriumsmoker's paradoxsmokingstroke prognosisthrombolysis

Identifiers

PMID38361733
PMCPMC10867546
OpenAlexW4390933645

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