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ArticleCureus2021

The Role of Steroids in the Management of COVID-19 Infection.

Zayar Lin, Wai Hnin Phyu, Zin Hnin Phyu, Tin Zar Mon

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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 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Current clinical status of new COVID-19 vaccines and immunotherapy.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Zayar LinInternal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
Wai Hnin PhyuInternal Medicine, University of Medicine 1, Yangon, MMR.
Zin Hnin PhyuInternal Medicine, University of Medicine 1, Yangon, MMR.
Tin Zar MonInternal Medicine, Sakura Hospital, Yangon, MMR.
University Of Medicine 1 Yangon · MMCalifornia Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Steroids are anti-inflammatory drugs that have been utilized in a wide range of clinical illnesses, including rheumatologic, autoimmune, inflammatory, and numerous lung diseases. Because of the inhibition of the inflammatory cascade, corticosteroids are beneficial in many pulmonary disorders, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), laryngotracheobronchitis, interstitial lung diseases, severe pneumonia, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. We will report a case of a COVID-19 patient treated with remdesivir, antibiotics, and steroids. We will also discuss the role of steroids in the management of COVID-19 patients.

Indexed as

coronavirus disease (covid-19)corticosteroids in covid-19covid-19 pneumoniadexamethasonesystemic steroids

Identifiers

PMID34522487
PMCPMC8425064
OpenAlexW3190783973

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Registered trials

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