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ArticleInternational journal of surgery (London, England)2020

Dexamethasone to combat cytokine storm in COVID-19: Clinical trials and preliminary evidence.

Khan Sharun, Ruchi Tiwari, Jaideep Dhama, Kuldeep Dhama

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Article in International journal of surgery (London, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

47 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Drug repurposing for the treatment of COVID-19.Journal of pharmacological sciences · 2022
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  20. Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022
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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Khan SharunDivision of Surgery, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. Electronic address: sharunkhansk@gmail.com.
Ruchi TiwariDepartment of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Sciences, UP Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalay Evum Go-Anusandhan Sansthan (DUVASU), Mathura, 281 001, Uttar Pradesh, India. Electronic address: ruchi.vet@gmail.com.
Jaideep DhamaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tara Hospital, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi, 11059, India. Electronic address: JaideepD1975India@gmail.com.
Kuldeep DhamaDivision of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. Electronic address: kdhama@rediffmail.com.
Indian Veterinary Research Institute · INP. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre · INUttar Pradesh Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Clinical trialsCOVID-19Cytokine stormDexamethasoneSARS-CoV-2Therapeutics

Identifiers

PMID32896649
PMCPMC7472975
OpenAlexW3083625900

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Registered trials

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