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SynthesisSeminars in nuclear medicine2021

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Molecular Imaging: A Systematic Review of Incidental Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia on PET Studies.

Faranak Rafiee, Pedram Keshavarz, Sanaz Katal, Majid Assadi, Seyed Faraz Nejati, Faranak Ebrahimian Sadabad, Ali Gholamrezanezhad

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Letter from the Editors.Seminars in nuclear medicine · 2022
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  12. Positron emission tomography in the COVID-19 pandemic era.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2021
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  13. Covid-19 imaging: A narrative review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021
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  14. Imaging of COVID-19: CT, MRI, and PET.Seminars in nuclear medicine · 2021
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  17. Revista espanola de medicina nuclear e imagen molecular
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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

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Faranak RafieeDepartment of Radiology, Medical Imaging Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Pedram KeshavarzDepartment of Radiology, Medical Imaging Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; Department of Radiology, Tbilisi State Medical University (TSMU), Tbilisi, Georgia.
Sanaz KatalDepartment of Nuclear Medicine/PET-CT, Kowsar Hospital, Shiraz, Iran.
Majid AssadiDepartment of Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy (MIRT), The Persian Gulf Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Bushehr Medical University Hospital, School of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
Seyed Faraz NejatiDepartment of Radiology, Medical Imaging Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Faranak Ebrahimian SadabadDepartment of Radiology, Medical Imaging Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Ali GholamrezanezhadDepartment of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Sothern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: ali.gholamrezanezhad@med.usc.edu.
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IRBushehr University of Medical Sciences · IRKowsar Hospital · IRTbilisi State Medical University · GE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There have been several reports of the incidental detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pneumonia on positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) studies, which represent the potential role of molecular imaging in the detection and management of coronavirus disease 2019. Here, we systematically review the value of PET/CT in this setting. We conducted a systematic search on June 23, 2020, for PET studies with findings suggestive of coronavirus disease 2019. Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE, and Google Scholar databases were used. Patients with at least one PET/CT imaging evaluation were included in the study. Fifty-two patients in 30 publications with a mean age of 60 ± 12.74 (age range; 27-87) were included in this study, of which 28 (53.8%) were male, and 19 (36.5%) were female. In 5 (9.7%) patients, gender was not reported. PET/CT was performed with

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Incidental FindingsPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyCOVID-19Humans

Identifiers

PMID33509374
PMCPMC7598766
OpenAlexW3097796272

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