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Palliative drug treatments for breathlessness in cystic fibrosis

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, August 2017
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Title
Palliative drug treatments for breathlessness in cystic fibrosis
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, August 2017
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd011855.pub2
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Nishant Jaiswal, Meenu Singh, Amit Agarwal, Kiran K Thumburu

Abstract

Cystic fibrosis is a life-limiting autosomal recessive genetic illness. A feeling of shortness of breath is common in cystic fibrosis, especially as the disease progresses. Reversing the underlying cause is the priority when treating breathlessness (dyspnoea), but when it is not feasible, palliation (easing) becomes the primary goal to improve an individual's quality of life. A range of drugs administered by various routes have been used, but no definite guidelines are available. A systematic review is needed to evaluate such treatments. To assess the efficacy and safety of drugs used to ease breathlessness in people with cystic fibrosis. We searched the Cochrane Cystic Fibrosis Trials Register, compiled from electronic database searches and handsearching of journals and conference abstract books.Date of last search: 24 July 2017.We searched databases (clinicaltrials.gov, the ISRCTN registry, the Clinical Trials Registry India and WHO ICTRP) for ongoing trials. These searches were last run on 31 July 2017. We planned to include randomised and quasi-randomised controlled trials in people with cystic fibrosis (diagnosed by a positive sweat chloride test or genetic testing) who have breathlessness. We considered studies comparing any drugs used for easing breathlessness to another drug administered by any route (inhaled (nebulised), intravenous, oral, subcutaneous, transmucosal (including buccal, sublingual and intra-nasal) and transdermal). The authors assessed the search results according to the pre-defined inclusion criteria. The search yielded only one study (cross-over in design), which did not fulfil the inclusion criteria as no data were available from the first treatment period alone. Due to the lack of available evidence, this review cannot provide any information for clinical practice. The authors call for specific research in this area after taking into account relevant ethical considerations. The research should focus on the efficacy and safety of the drugs with efficacy being measured in terms of improvement in quality of life, dyspnoea scores and hospital stay.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 70 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 14 20%
Student > Bachelor 12 17%
Researcher 7 10%
Student > Postgraduate 5 7%
Other 4 6%
Other 10 14%
Unknown 18 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 27 39%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 14%
Social Sciences 4 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 4%
Psychology 3 4%
Other 5 7%
Unknown 18 26%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 September 2017.
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#5,452,742
of 25,461,852 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#7,457
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Outputs of similar age
#86,978
of 327,756 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#158
of 203 outputs
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