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ArticleCritical care (London, England)2020

Can computed tomography be a primary tool for COVID-19 detection? Evidence appraisal through meta-analysis.

Edward Pei-Chuan Huang, Chih-Wei Sung, Chi-Hsin Chen, Cheng-Yi Fan, Pei-Chun Lai, Yen-Ta Huang

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Article in Critical care (London, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Chest CT abnormalities in COVID-19: a systematic review.International journal of medical sciences · 2021
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  11. The first 100 cases of COVID-19 in a Hospital in Madrid with a 2-month follow-up.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2020
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  12. EXPOSURE OF PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY PATIENTS TO IMAGING EXAMS, NOWADAYS AND IN TIMES OF COVID-19: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Edward Pei-Chuan HuangDepartment of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Medical College and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chih-Wei SungDepartment of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Chi-Hsin ChenDepartment of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Cheng-Yi FanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Pei-Chun LaiEvidence-based Medicine Center, Department of Medical Education, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, 707, Sec. 3, Chung-Yang Rd, Hualien, 970, Taiwan. debbie0613.lai@gmail.com.
Yen-Ta HuangDivision of Experimental Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, 707, Sec. 3, Chung-Yang Rd, Hualien, 970, Taiwan. uncleda.haung@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-0884-9098

Funding

Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation TCF-MP 108-01-02
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

CoronavirusBetacoronavirusChinaCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19PandemicsPneumonia, ViralReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSARS-CoV-2Tomography, X-Ray ComputedComputed tomographyCOVID-19Likelihood ratioMeta-analysisSensitivitySpecificity

Identifiers

PMID32375883
PMCPMC7200992

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