Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32988831›Full record

ArticleBMJ open quality2020

Elective cardiovascular care in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: managing tragic choices.

Adam E Berman, Douglas Miller, Robert A Sorrentino, Elias A Mossialos

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in BMJ open quality, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing 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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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.

Adam E BermanDivision of Cardiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States aberman@augusta.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9023-1130
Douglas MillerDivision of Cardiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States.
Robert A SorrentinoDivision of Cardiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States.
Elias A MossialosDepartment of Health Policy, The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, London, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant morbidity and mortality globally. As health systems grapple with caring for patients affected with COVID-19, cardiovascular procedures that are deemed 'elective' have been postponed. Guidelines concerning which cardiac procedures should be performed during the pandemic vary by specialty and geography in the USA. We propose a clinical heuristic to guide individual physicians and governing bodies in their decision making regarding which cardiac procedures should be performed during the COVID-19 pandemic using the behavioural economics concept of heuristics and ecological rationality.

Indexed as

Economics, BehavioralHeuristicsBetacoronavirusCardiovascular Surgical ProceduresClinical Decision-MakingContraindications, ProcedureCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Elective Surgical ProceduresHumansPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2United Statesclinicaldecision makingdecision supportethicshealth equityhealth policy

Identifiers

PMID32988831
PMCPMC7523154

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.