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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology2021

COVID-19 and COPD: lessons beyond the pandemic.

David M G Halpin, Claus F Vogelmeier, Alvar Agusti

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Article in American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  7. Phytochemicals and Vitamin D for a Healthy Life and Prevention of Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  8. Physical Activity, Depression and Quality of Life in COPD - Results from the CLARA II Study.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

David M G HalpinUniversity of Exeter Medical School, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2009-4406
Claus F VogelmeierDepartment of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University Medical Center Giessen and Marburg, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Alvar AgustiCátedra Salut Respiratoria (University of Barcelona), Respiratory Institute (Hospital Clinic), IDIBAPS, CIBERES, Barcelona, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Early in the COVID pandemic there were concerns about the outcomes for patients with COPD who developed COVID-19. Although the pandemic has made the diagnosis and routine management of COPD more difficult, the risk of patients developing COVID or of having poor outcomes is less than anticipated and there have been some unexpected findings that may lead to significant improvements in the management of COPD in future.

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COVID-19Pulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2COPDcorticosteroidCOVID-19

Identifiers

PMID34585618
PMCPMC8598249

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