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ArticleThe lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology2020

Cortisol concentrations and mortality from COVID-19 - Authors' reply.

Tricia Tan, Bernard Khoo, Edouard G Mills, Maria Phylactou, Bijal Patel, Pei C Eng, Layla Thurston, Beatrice Muzi, Karim Meeran, A Toby Prevost and 3 more

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Article in The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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.

  1. Endocrine Follow-up During Post-Acute COVID-19: Practical Recommendations Based on Available Clinical Evidence.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists · 2022
    Review
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. The extended autonomic system, dyshomeostasis, and COVID-19.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2020
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Tricia TanDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Department of Endocrinology, Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust, London, UK.
Bernard KhooDepartment of Endocrinology, Division of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Royal Free Campus, University College London, London, UK.
Edouard G MillsDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Department of Endocrinology, Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust, London, UK.
Maria PhylactouDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Department of Endocrinology, Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust, London, UK.
Bijal PatelDepartment of Endocrinology, Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust, London, UK.
Pei C EngDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Department of Endocrinology, Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust, London, UK.
Layla ThurstonDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Department of Endocrinology, Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust, London, UK.
Beatrice MuziDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK.
Karim MeeranDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Department of Endocrinology, Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust, London, UK.
A Toby PrevostFlorence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King's College London, London, UK.
Alexander N ComninosDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Department of Endocrinology, Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust, London, UK.
Ali AbbaraDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Department of Endocrinology, Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust, London, UK.
Waljit S DhilloDivision of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK; Department of Endocrinology, Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust, London, UK. Electronic address: w.dhillo@imperial.ac.uk.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/T006242/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsPandemicsPneumonia, ViralCOVID-19HumansHydrocortisoneSARS-CoV-2Hydrocortisone

Identifiers

PMID32946818
PMCPMC7492064

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