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ReviewJournal of internal medicine2020

COVID-19 diagnosis and management: a comprehensive review.

Giuseppe Pascarella, Alessandro Strumia, Chiara Piliego, Federica Bruno, Romualdo Del Buono, Fabio Costa, Simone Scarlata, Felice Eugenio Agrò

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of internal medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05216523 ("Review of Barotrauma in Admitted Covid-19 Cases - A Single Center Retrospective Study From March 2020 Till April 2021."), which is not on this map. Cited by 601 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
601citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
32.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

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.

NCT05216523 completednot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

"Review of Barotrauma in Admitted Covid-19 Cases - A Single Center Retrospective Study From March 2020 Till April 2021."

TypeobservationalSponsorSultan Qaboos UniversityRan2021 to 2021Enrolled251ConditionsBarotrauma, COVID-19
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

601 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,425 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. When to test for COVID-19 using real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction: a systematic review.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2022
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  15. Cell-Based Immuno-Biosensors Using Microfluidics.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  19. Brazil accounts for nearly 90% of the leprosy cases in the Americas.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2026
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  20. Potential relationships between circulating gene expression ofJournal of Zhejiang University. Science. B · 2025
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541 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Giuseppe PascarellaUnit of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Department of Medicine, Campus Bio Medico University and Teaching Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Alessandro StrumiaUnit of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Department of Medicine, Campus Bio Medico University and Teaching Hospital, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3505-1153
Chiara PiliegoUnit of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Department of Medicine, Campus Bio Medico University and Teaching Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Federica BrunoUnit of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Department of Medicine, Campus Bio Medico University and Teaching Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Romualdo Del BuonoDepartment of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Humanitas Mater Domini Hospital, Castellanza, Italy.
Fabio CostaUnit of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Department of Medicine, Campus Bio Medico University and Teaching Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Simone ScarlataGeriatrics, Unit of Respiratory Pathophysiology, Campus Bio Medico University and Teaching Hospital, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2704-2708
Felice Eugenio AgròUnit of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Department of Medicine, Campus Bio Medico University and Teaching Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Università Campus Bio-Medico · ITHumanitas Mater Domini · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2, a novel coronavirus from the same family as SARS-CoV and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, has spread worldwide leading the World Health Organization to declare a pandemic. The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), presents flu-like symptoms which can become serious in high-risk individuals. Here, we provide an overview of the known clinical features and treatment options for COVID-19. We carried out a systematic literature search using the main online databases (PubMed, Google Scholar, MEDLINE, UpToDate, Embase and Web of Science) with the following keywords: 'COVID-19', '2019-nCoV', 'coronavirus' and 'SARS-CoV-2'. We included publications from 1 January 2019 to 3 April 2020 which focused on clinical features and treatments. We found that infection is transmitted from human to human and through contact with contaminated environmental surfaces. Hand hygiene is fundamental to prevent contamination. Wearing personal protective equipment is recommended in specific environments. The main symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, cough, fatigue, slight dyspnoea, sore throat, headache, conjunctivitis and gastrointestinal issues. Real-time PCR is used as a diagnostic tool using nasal swab, tracheal aspirate or bronchoalveolar lavage samples. Computed tomography findings are important for both diagnosis and follow-up. To date, there is no evidence of any effective treatment for COVID-19. The main therapies being used to treat the disease are antiviral drugs, chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine and respiratory therapy. In conclusion, although many therapies have been proposed, quarantine is the only intervention that appears to be effective in decreasing the contagion rate. Specifically designed randomized clinical trials are needed to determine the most appropriate evidence-based treatment modality.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsBetacoronavirusClinical Laboratory TechniquesCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentCOVID-19 TestingHumansHydroxychloroquineLungPandemicsPatient IsolationPneumonia, ViralRespiratory TherapySARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsHydroxychloroquineCOVID-19COVID-19 diagnosisCOVID-19 managementCOVID-19 treatmentnovel coronavirusSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID32348588
PMCPMC7267177
OpenAlexW3019086896

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Registered trials

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