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ArticleJournal of evidence-based integrative medicine

Add-on Ayurveda Treatment for Early Stage COVID-19: A Single Center Retrospective Cohort Study From Gujarat, India.

Anup Thakar, Kalpesh Panara, Falgun Patel, Shital Bhagiya, Mandip Goyal, Sagar Bhinde, Swapnil Chaudhari, Sarika Chaturvedi

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Article in Journal of evidence-based integrative medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Ayurvedic formulations: Potential COVID-19 therapeutics?Phytomedicine plus : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2022
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  6. AYUSH- 64: A potential therapeutic agent in COVID-19.Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anup Thakar76213Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.ORCID 0000-0003-2863-6927
Kalpesh Panara76213Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.
Falgun PatelOffice of Director, AYUSH, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
Shital Bhagiya75170Government Akhandanand Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Mandip Goyal76213Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.
Sagar Bhinde76213Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.
Swapnil Chaudhari76213Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar, Gujarat, India.
Sarika ChaturvediDr D Y Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune(Deemed University), Maharashtra, India.
Gujarat Ayurved University · INDr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune · INGovernment of Gujarat · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The retrospective cohort study aimed to evaluate the clinical outcomes of Ayurveda treatment exposure as an add-on to conventional care in early stage COVID-19 patients admitted at Samaras COVID care center, Ahmedabad, India. Conventional care included Vitamin-c, Azithromycin, and Paracetamol. Ayurveda formulations used as add-on were

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COVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentAcetaminophenAntipyreticsAntiviral AgentsComplementary TherapiesDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHospitalizationHumansIndiaMaleMedicine, AyurvedicMiddle AgedPatient AcuityPlant ExtractsAcetaminophenAntipyreticsAntiviral AgentsAyush 64DashmoolaPlant ExtractsPlant PreparationsAyurvedacohort studycomplementary medicineCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2

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PMID34057365
PMCPMC8170329
OpenAlexW3165544816

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