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ArticleCureus2021

Portal Vein Thrombosis and Splenic Infarction in a COVID-19 Patient.

Abdul Rehman, Anoop Jose Thoppil, Sara L Wallach

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Portal Vein Thrombosis and Pyogenic Liver Abscess With ConcomitantJournal of investigative medicine high impact case reports
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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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Abdul RehmanInternal Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center/Saint Francis Medical Center Program, Trenton, USA.
Anoop Jose ThoppilInternal Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center/Saint Francis Medical Center Program, Trenton, USA.
Sara L WallachInternal Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center/Saint Francis Medical Center Program, Trenton, USA.
Jersey Shore University Medical Center · USSaint Francis Medical Center · USSt. Francis Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 is a novel viral infection that primarily affects the lungs and runs the gamut from a mild, self-limiting, febrile illness to respiratory failure and death. It manifested as a global pandemic in 2020 and has since claimed millions of lives. Only a few months into this pandemic, it became evident that the viral infection leads to a hypercoagulable state. Anticoagulants became a standard and important part of therapy while d-dimer became a useful test to guide the choice of the anticoagulant (therapeutic vs prophylactic Lovenox). What remains unclear is how viral pneumonia can cause hypercoagulability, especially when it leads to thrombosis in unusual sites such as the portal vein. Another important question that remains unanswered is the duration of anticoagulation after discharge in the outpatient setting. Our case report addresses both these questions with an intriguing patient who presented with abdominal pain as the chief complaint in the absence of any respiratory symptoms whatsoever.

Indexed as

covid-19hyper coagulopathysplenic infarctstherapeutic anticoagulationthrombosis

Identifiers

PMID34513429
PMCPMC8410986
OpenAlexW3192938986

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