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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine research2021

Evaluation of Plasma Soluble Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor Levels in Patients With COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 Pneumonia: An Observational Cohort Study.

Dimitrios Velissaris, Maria Lagadinou, Themistoklis Paraskevas, Eleousa Oikonomou, Vasileios Karamouzos, Sofia Karteri, Dimitrios Bousis, Nikolaos Pantzaris, Konstantinos Tsiotsios, Markos Marangos

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Endotheliopathy in Acute COVID-19 and Long COVID.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  7. suPAR: An Inflammatory Mediator for Kidneys.Kidney diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Dimitrios VelissarisDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Rion, Greece.
Maria LagadinouDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Rion, Greece.
Themistoklis ParaskevasDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Rion, Greece.
Eleousa OikonomouDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Rion, Greece.
Vasileios KaramouzosIntensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Patras, Rion, Greece.
Sofia KarteriDivision of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Rion, Greece.
Dimitrios BousisDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Rion, Greece.
Nikolaos PantzarisYork Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, York, UK.
Konstantinos TsiotsiosDepartment of Nephrology, University Hospital of Patras, Rion, Greece.
Markos MarangosDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Rion, Greece.
General University Hospital of Patras · GRYork Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe respiratory system is the main system affected by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and a great number of infected people need hospitalization. Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) is a biomarker indicative of acute and chronic inflammation. Current literature supports that suPAR has great predictive ability for mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The aim of this study was to compare the value of suPAR and other laboratory biomarkers in patients with chest infection and suspected COVID-19.

methodsA total of 41 consecutive patients with chest infection were enrolled in the study and were assigned into two groups according to the real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) result for SARS-CoV-2. The two groups had no significant difference in baseline data (age, sex), arterial oxygen partial pressure (PO

resultsAmong patients with chest infection who required hospitalization, suPAR was significantly higher on admission in those with COVID-19 when compared to patients with non-COVID-19. suPAR had a great prognostic ability for in-hospital mortality in the COVID-19 subgroup.

conclusionsA single measurement of suPAR on admission can provide prognostic information for patients with suspected COVID-19 pneumonia. In the subgroup of patients with positive real-time PCR result for SARS-CoV2, suPAR was significantly higher and had an excellent prognostic value for the in-hospital mortality.

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BiomarkerChest infectionCOVID-19PrognosissuPAR

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PMCPMC8510652
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