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ArticleIDCases2021

Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction in two patients admitted with severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 pneumonia.

Stephen Varghese Samuel, Surekha Viggeswarpu, Benny Paul Wilson, Kango Gopal Gopinath

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Article in IDCases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephen Varghese SamuelDepartment of Geriatrics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
Surekha ViggeswarpuDepartment of Geriatrics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
Benny Paul WilsonDepartment of Geriatrics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
Kango Gopal GopinathDepartment of Geriatrics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
Christian Medical College, Vellore · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have described two cases of severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia presenting with acute colonic pseudo-obstruction with normal liver enzymes and serum lactate. These older adults presented predominantly with constitutional symptoms, silent hypoxia, distended abdomen, sluggish bowel sounds, and colonic dilatation supported by abdominal imaging (plain X-ray and computerized tomography of abdomen) to a tertiary care center in South India. Both patients received standard treatment for severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia and acute colonic pseudo-obstruction according to available guidelines but succumbed to complications during hospital stay. Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction in patients admitted with SARS-CoV-2 infection requires high index of suspicion as it warrants early mitigation by cessation of offending agents, optimizing electrolytes, and colonic decompression to prevent morbidity and mortality.

Indexed as

ColonColonic distensionCOVID-19Ogilvie syndromePseudo-obstructionSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID34189047
PMCPMC8225289
OpenAlexW3177378186

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