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ArticleThe European respiratory journal2026

AI-driven CT quantification of mucus plugs to evaluate the effect of inhaled hypertonic saline in children aged 3-6 years with cystic fibrosis: a randomised controlled trial.

Yuxin Chen, Rudolfs Latisenko, Stephanie D Davis, Margaret Rosenfeld, Felix Ratjen, Karen D Hinckley Stukovsky, Stephen Stick, Harm A W M Tiddens, on behalf the SHIP-CT study group

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Article in The European respiratory journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Yuxin ChenDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2549-0838
Rudolfs LatisenkoThirona, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Stephanie D DavisDepartment of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Margaret RosenfeldSeattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.
Felix RatjenDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Translational Medicine, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4057-6592
Karen D Hinckley StukovskyCollaborative Health Studies Coordinating Center, The University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Stephen StickWal-yan Respiratory Research Centre, Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, Australia.
Harm A W M TiddensDepartment of Paediatric, Division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5628-6667
on behalf the SHIP-CT study group

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PMID42492957
PMCPMC13519836

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