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ArticleThe Journal of infection2020

Low-dose corticosteroid therapy does not delay viral clearance in patients with COVID-19.

Xiaowei Fang, Qing Mei, Tianjun Yang, Lei Li, Yinzhong Wang, Fei Tong, Shike Geng, Aijun Pan

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Article in The Journal of infection, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 17 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

92 citing papers in PubMed, 17 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Xiaowei FangDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (Anhui Provincial Hospital), Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province 230001, China.
Qing MeiDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (Anhui Provincial Hospital), Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province 230001, China.
Tianjun YangDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (Anhui Provincial Hospital), Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province 230001, China.
Lei LiDepartment of Infectious Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (Anhui Provincial Hospital), Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province 230001, China.
Yinzhong WangDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (Anhui Provincial Hospital), Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province 230001, China.
Fei TongDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (Anhui Provincial Hospital), Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province 230001, China.
Shike GengDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, The Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230001, China.
Aijun PanDepartment of Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (Anhui Provincial Hospital), Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province 230001, China; Department of Intensive Care Unit, The Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province 230001, China. Electronic address: aijunpan868@sina.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusPneumonia, ViralAdrenal Cortex HormonesChinaCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19HumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Adrenal Cortex HormonesCorticosteroidCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2Viral clearance

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PMID32283153
PMCPMC7151466

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