Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33130840›Full record

ArticleSaudi medical journal2020

Acute cardiac injury is associated with adverse outcomes, including mortality in COVID-19 patients. A single-center experience.

Kashif B Naeem, Mahmood Y Hachim, Ibrahim Y Hachim, Ayman Chkhis, Rajesh Quadros, Haifa Hannawi, Issa Al Salmi, Fahdah Alokaily, Suad Hannawi

Abstract readComparative Study
In one paragraph

Article in Saudi medical journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Cardiorenal Syndrome in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022
    Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
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

9 authors.

Kashif B NaeemMinistry of Health and Prevention, Mohammed bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. E-mail. kbncardiology@yahoo.co.uk.
Mahmood Y Hachim
Ibrahim Y Hachim
Ayman Chkhis
Rajesh Quadros
Haifa Hannawi
Issa Al Salmi
Fahdah Alokaily
Suad Hannawi

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo evaluate acute cardiac injury in COVID-19 patients and its association with adverse outcomes including mortality in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) population.

methodsA retrospective study conducted between February and June 2020 in Dubai, UAE, for all laboratory-confirmed Coronavirus disease-19 patients. Demographic, clinical, laboratory, radiological, and clinical outcomes were compared between patients with and without acute cardiac injury.

resultsDuring the study period, 203 patients were included, of which, 44 (21.7%) had evidence of acute cardiac injury. Compared with patients without acute cardiac injury, patients with acute cardiac injury were: older, had more shortness of breath, diabetes, hypertension, and more bilateral airspace shadowing on admission chest radiography. These patients also had a higher neutrophil count, C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, ferritin, D-dimers and lactate dehydrogenase but lower lymphocyte count. Regarding outcomes, these patients had higher intensive care admissions; a higher rate of complications including acute kidney and liver injury, acidosis, septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome, needed more mechanical ventilation, and had a significantly higher risk of death.

conclusionAcute cardiac injury is common among Coronavirus disease-19 patients. These patients present with higher comorbidities, have high inflammatory markers and have greater risk for in-hospital multi-organ damage, need for mechanical ventilation, and death. Prompt full assessment and intervention are recommended.

Indexed as

Cause of DeathAcute DiseaseAdultAgedCohort StudiesComorbidityCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19FemaleHeart InjuriesHospitalizationHospital MortalityHospitals, UrbanHumansMaleMiddle Aged

Identifiers

PMID33130840
PMCPMC7804230

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
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.