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ReviewJournal of medical virology2020

Controversial treatments: An updated understanding of the coronavirus disease 2019.

Cantong Zhang, Shaoying Huang, Fengping Zheng, Yong Dai

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Review in Journal of medical virology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Effectiveness of Systemic Corticosteroids Therapy for Nonsevere Patients With COVID-19: A Multicenter, Retrospective, Longitudinal Cohort Study.Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research · 2022
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  15. Covalent Antiviral Agents.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2021
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  17. Impact of repurposed drugs on the symptomatic COVID-19 patients.Journal of infection and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Cantong ZhangDepartment of Clinical Medical Research Center, The Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6315-3811
Shaoying HuangDepartment of Clinical Medical Research Center, The Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4607-6743
Fengping ZhengDepartment of Clinical Medical Research Center, The Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Yong DaiDepartment of Clinical Medical Research Center, The Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 infection has posed significant threats to international health and the economy. In the absence of specific treatment for this virus, there is an urgent need to learn from the experience and lessons in China. To reduce the case-fatality rate among coronavirus disease 2019 patients, we should not ignore the complications, such as RNAaemia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and multiple organ dysfunction. To help understand the advantages and limitations of differential treatments, we provide a timely review and discuss the complications and corresponding major treatments, especially controversial ones such as antiviral therapy (remdesivir, ribavirin, and chloroquine), glucocorticoid therapy, extracorporeal support including an artificial liver system, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation based on available evidence. As a result, we suggest that antiviral therapy and organ function support are vital to reduce mortality for mild patients and critical patients, respectively.

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COVID-19 Drug TreatmentAdenosine MonophosphateAlanineAntiviral AgentsChloroquineCOVID-19Extracorporeal Membrane OxygenationGlucocorticoidsHumansLiver, ArtificialRibavirinAdenosine MonophosphateAlanineAntiviral AgentsChloroquineGlucocorticoidsremdesivirRibavirincoronavirusCOVID-19literature reviewpneumoniaSARS-CoV-2treatment

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PMID32219882
PMCPMC7228369

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