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ReviewJournal of cardiac surgery2020

Asymptomatic patients with coronavirus disease and cardiac surgery: When should you operate?

Jonathan Niknam, Lisa Q Rong

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Review in Journal of cardiac surgery, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Jonathan NiknamDepartment of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York.
Lisa Q RongDepartment of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0982-7154
NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital · US

Funding

Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research MRTG-CT-08 to 15-2018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The coronavirus disease (COVID) pandemic and the decision-making process of whether to perform urgent procedures during a surge are issues that will likely not disappear in the near future as reflected by the current rise in COVID cases in the southern and western United States and the resurgent numbers of confirmed cases around that world leading to are leading to new lock-downs. Multi-disciplinary discussions will continue to be important to decide individual risk and benefit profiles for patients with asymptomatic COVID patients moving forward. While imperfect, this most recent study provides more insight to some of the risks that should be weighed in these discussions. Further prospective, longitudinal research and better understanding of the heterogeneity of the COVID positive patient will further enhance understanding the decision-making process in the cardiac surgical patient through these difficult times.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusDecision MakingCardiac Surgical ProceduresComorbidityCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Heart DiseasesHumansPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2Time-to-TreatmentUnited Statescardiac surgerycorona virusCOVID-19urgent surgery

Identifiers

PMID32743814
PMCPMC7436300
OpenAlexW3046336498

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