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ReviewRheumatology international2020

Implications of COVID-19 in pediatric rheumatology.

Ezgi Deniz Batu, Seza Özen

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Review in Rheumatology international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Kawasaki-like disease in children with COVID-19.Rheumatology international · 2020
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  2. Is There an Association between Bell Palsy in Pediatric Patients and COVID-19?International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2025
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  13. Impact of COVID-19 on Pediatric Immunocompromised Patients.Pediatric clinics of North America · 2021
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ezgi Deniz BatuDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, 06100, Turkey. ezgidenizbatu@yahoo.com.ORCID 0000-0003-1065-2363
Seza ÖzenDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, 06100, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0003-2883-7868
Hacettepe University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, is a global public health issue threatening millions of lives worldwide. Although the infection is mild in most of the affected individuals, it may cause severe clinical manifestations such as acute respiratory distress syndrome or cytokine storm leading to death. Children are affected less, and most experience a milder disease. As rheumatologists, we deal with the uncontrolled response of the immune system, and most of the drugs we use are either immune modulators or immunosuppressants. Thus, the rheumatologists participate in the multidisciplinary management of COVID-19 patients. On the other hand, our patients with rheumatic diseases constitute a vulnerable group in this pandemic. In this review, a systematic literature search was conducted utilizing MEDLINE/PubMed and Scopus databases, and 231 COVID-19 patients with rheumatic diseases have been identified. Only one of these patients was a child. Among these, 9 (3.9%) died due to COVID-19. In light of the current data, the aspects of COVID-19 resembling rheumatic diseases, the possible reasons for why children are affected less severely, the hypothetic role of available vaccines in preventing COVID-19, the unique position of patients with rheumatic diseases in this pandemic, and the use of anti-rheumatic drugs in COVID-19 treatment are discussed.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusBCG VaccineChildCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19FemaleHumansMaleMeasles-Mumps-Rubella VaccinePandemicsPneumonia, ViralRheumatic DiseasesSARS-CoV-2BCG VaccineMeasles-Mumps-Rubella VaccineCOVID-19COVID-19 virusFamilial Mediterranean feverRheumatic diseaseSARS-CoV-2Systemic lupus erythematosus

Identifiers

PMID32500409
PMCPMC7270517
OpenAlexW3033389457

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