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ReviewWorld journal of experimental medicine2021

Antenatal corticosteroids in COVID-19 perspective.

Alex C Vidaeff, Kjersti M Aagaard, Michael A Belfort

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Review in World journal of experimental medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alex C VidaeffDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, United States. vidaeff@bcm.edu.
Kjersti M AagaardDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, United States.
Michael A BelfortDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, United States.
Texas Children's Hospital · USJackson and Tull (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this manuscript is to discuss the practice of antenatal corticosteroids administration for fetal maturation in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 positive pregnant women. Recent high-quality evidence supports the use of dexamethasone in the treatment of hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Randomized disease outcome data have identified an association between disease stage and treatment outcome. In contrast to patients with more severe forms who benefit from dexamethasone, patients with mild disease do not appear to improve and may even be harmed by this treatment. Therefore, indiscriminate usage of fluorinated corticosteroids for fetal maturation, regardless of disease trajectory, is unadvisable. Obstetrical care needs to be adjusted during the COVID-19 pandemic with careful attention paid to candidate selection and risk stratification.

Indexed as

Antenatal corticosteroidsCOVID-19DexamethasonePregnancyPreterm deliverySARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID34616665
PMCPMC8462011
OpenAlexW3199804192

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