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ArticleCureus2020

A Case of Severe Acute Pancreatitis Secondary to COVID-19 Infection in a 30-Year-Old Male Patient.

Haidar Alwaeli, Mahvesh Shabbir, Mali Khamissi Sobi, Karar Alwaeli

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Hyperlipidemia, COVID-19 and acute pancreatitis: A tale of three entities.The American journal of the medical sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Haidar AlwaeliMedical Education and Simulation, Richmond University Medical Center, New York, USA.
Mahvesh ShabbirMedical Education and Simulation, Richmond University Medical Center, New York, USA.
Mali Khamissi SobiFamily Medicine, A+ Urgent Care Center, Atlanta, USA.
Karar AlwaeliPharmacology and Therapeutics, Roseman University of Health Sciences, Henderson, USA.
Roseman University of Health Sciences · USCARE USA · USRichmond University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 30-year-old male with no significant medical history presented to the emergency department with complaints of fever, two days of intermittent abdominal pain, dry cough, nausea, vomiting, four days of diarrhea, and worsening dyspnea. Initial evaluation revealed a fever of (102.5 F) and tachycardia (114/min) with hypoxia (SaO2: 84% on room air) and bilateral wheezing on lung auscultation. X-ray of the chest revealed bilateral and peripheral ground-glass and consolidative pulmonary opacities. CT scan of the abdomen was notable for interstitial edema, mild inflammatory changes, and homogenous enhancement of the pancreatic parenchyma. His COVID-19 test came positive, and he was admitted to the intensive-care unit. He was managed symptomatically, and improvement in his clinical condition was observed after three days of admission. This case highlights a possible association between Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), abdominal pain secondary to acute pancreatitis, and the need for meticulous clinical evaluation in patients presenting with gastrointestinal complaints.

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coronaviruscoronavirus disease 2019covid-19covid-19-associated coagulopathycovid-19 pneumoniacovid-19 respiratory failurepancreatitisprophylactic and therapeutic anticoagulationstroke and covid-19

Identifiers

PMID33391949
PMCPMC7772107
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