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ReviewEuropean journal of medical research2025

Induced sputum: current progress and prospect.

Fuyun Zhang, Huanhuan Wang, Wei Wang, Yingwei Zhu, Yimin Mao, Tongsheng Wang, Pengfei Gao

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Review in European journal of medical research, 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

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Fuyun ZhangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan, China.
Huanhuan WangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan, China.
Wei WangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan, China.
Yingwei ZhuDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan, China.
Yimin MaoDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan, China.
Tongsheng WangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan, China. wtsh730202@126.com.
Pengfei GaoDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan, China. gpf_working@163.com.

Funding

Henan Provincial Medical Science and Technology Research Project LHGJ20220671Henan Provincial Science and Technology Research Project 222102310533Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province 232300421304Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by Luoyang Association for Science and Technology 2022HLTJ18
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Induced sputum is a noninvasive, safe, cost-effective, and reproducible method that is particularly advantageous for individuals who do not naturally produce sputum or provide inadequate samples. Its higher quality than spontaneously produced sputum makes it valuable in various respiratory conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, lung cancer, and infectious respiratory diseases. Despite its potential, the clinical use of induced sputum is limited. In conditions like interstitial lung disease, where patients often have a dry cough, induced sputum shows promise, albeit with limited research. This review emphasizes the usefulness of induced sputum in such conditions, aiming for induced sputum to be established as a routine supplementary examination in clinical settings.

Indexed as

SputumAsthmaHumansLung NeoplasmsPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveAsthmaChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseInduced sputumInfectious respiratory diseaseInterstitial lung diseaseLung cancer

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PMID40855337
PMCPMC12376322

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