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ArticleThe Journal of infection2020

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

Jiwon Jung, Dong Kyu Oh, Jee Hwan Ahn, Sang-Bum Hong, Heungsup Sung, Mi-Na Kim, Sung-Han Kim

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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 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jiwon JungDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
Dong Kyu OhDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Jee Hwan AhnDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Sang-Bum HongDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Heungsup SungDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Mi-Na KimDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Sung-Han KimDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea; Office for Infection Control, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address: kimsunghanmd@hotmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusPandemicsAdrenal Cortex HormonesCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19HumansPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Adrenal Cortex Hormones

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PMID32389783
PMCPMC7206420

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