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ReviewEuropean journal of clinical investigation2020

Histopathology and genetic susceptibility in COVID-19 pneumonia.

Jan von der Thüsen, Menno van der Eerden

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Review in European journal of clinical investigation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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42citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. High rates of pulmonary artery occlusions in COVID-19. A meta-analysis.European journal of clinical investigation · 2021
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  3. A systematic review of pathological findings in COVID-19: a pathophysiological timeline and possible mechanisms of disease progression.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jan von der ThüsenDepartment of Pathology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9699-4860
Menno van der EerdenDepartment of Pulmonology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Erasmus MC · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe clinical features of COVID-19 pneumonia range from a mild illness to patients with a very severe illness with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure requiring ventilation and Intensive Care Unit admission.

aimsTo provide a brief overview of the existing evidence for such differences in host response and outcome, and generate hypotheses for divergent patterns and avenues for future research, by highlighting similarities and differences in histopathological appearance between COVID-19 and influenza as well as previous coronavirus outbreaks, and by discussing predisposition through genetics and underlying disease. MATERIALS AND

methodWe assessed the available early literature for histopathological patterns of COVID-19 pneumonia and underlying risk factors.

resultThe histopathological spectrum of COVID-19 pneumonia includes variable patterns of epithelial damage, vascular complications, fibrosis and inflammation. Risk factors for a fatal disease include older age, respiratory disease, diabetes mellitus, obesity and hypertension. DISCUSSION: While some risk factors and their potential role in COVID-19 pneumonia are increasingly recognized, little is known about the mechanisms behind episodes of sudden deterioration or the infrequent idiosyncratic clinical demise in otherwise healthy and young subjects.

conclusionThe answer to many of the remaining questions regarding COVID-19 pneumonia pathogenesis may in time be provided by genotyping as well careful clinical, serological, radiological and histopathological phenotyping.

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Age FactorsAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2BetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Cytokine Release SyndromeDiabetes MellitusEdemaFibrosisGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHLA AntigensHumansHypertensionInflammationInfluenza, HumanObesityACE2 protein, humanAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2HLA AntigensPeptidyl-Dipeptidase ASerine EndopeptidasesTMPRSS2 protein, humanCOVID-19geneticspulmonary histopathology

Identifiers

PMID32353898
PMCPMC7267318
OpenAlexW3022950950

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