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Local Anesthetic Use in Pleural Procedures: Time to Reconsider the Guidelines?

Craig A Mounsey, Imogen R Mechie, Dinesh N Addala, Rhea Suribhatla, Zara O Small, Ella M Smith, Robyn A E Gould, Grace A Annetts, Daniela Krouzkova, Nikolaos I Kanellakis and 1 more

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Article in Chest, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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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.

Craig A MounseyOxford Pleural Unit, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, England; Chinese Academy of Medical Science Oxford Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Medical Sciences Division, Oxford University, Oxford, England. Electronic address: craig.mounsey@ouh.nhs.uk.
Imogen R MechieOxford Pleural Unit, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, England.
Dinesh N AddalaOxford Pleural Unit, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, England; Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, England.
Rhea SuribhatlaUniversity Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, England.
Zara O SmallHampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, England.
Ella M SmithOxford University Medical School, Oxford, England.
Robyn A E GouldOxford University Medical School, Oxford, England.
Grace A AnnettsOxford University Medical School, Oxford, England.
Daniela KrouzkovaOxford University Medical School, Oxford, England.
Nikolaos I KanellakisOxford Pleural Unit, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, England; Chinese Academy of Medical Science Oxford Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Medical Sciences Division, Oxford University, Oxford, England; Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, England.
Najib M RahmanOxford Pleural Unit, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, England; Chinese Academy of Medical Science Oxford Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Medical Sciences Division, Oxford University, Oxford, England; Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, England; Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, England.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID40254151
PMCPMC12489358

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