ArticleBMJ paediatrics open2026
Service evaluation study to determine the impact of vibrating mesh nebuliser use versus standard jet nebuliser on emergency department and inpatient length of stay in a paediatric population.
Article in BMJ paediatrics open, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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.
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.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Wheeze is a common paediatric winter presentation, requiring bronchodilator therapy. Use of jet nebulisers (JN) is currently standard practice, but vibrating mesh nebulisers (VMN) have demonstrated quicker, quieter and more effective drug delivery, with reduced emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) in adults. A retrospective review of JN versus VMN use was conducted in a paediatric population (n=38 and n=19, respectively). An apparent reduction in ED LOS, nebuliser requirement and respiratory rate was seen with VMN use, indicating the potential for this device to improve the effectiveness of bronchodilator administration and warranting further investigation in paediatric patients.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.