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ArticleCureus2021

COVID-19-Induced Guillain-Barré Syndrome.

Joseph E Brooks, Felicia M Mix, Justin C Buck, Reid A Walters

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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 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Joseph E BrooksPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Genesis Health System, Davenport, USA.
Felicia M MixPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine, Las Cruces, USA.
Justin C BuckPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, Harrogate, USA.
Reid A WaltersPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, USA.
Genesis Health System · USLake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine · USLincoln Memorial University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case report involves a 47-year-old male who presented to the emergency department (ED) with a positive coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) test and symptoms of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Electrodiagnostic (EDX) studies reported an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (AIDP). The patient underwent intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) treatment and four weeks of acute inpatient rehabilitation with some functional improvement but remained unable to ambulate independently at discharge.

Indexed as

covid 19covid induced guillian barre syndromeelectrodiagnostic studyelectromyography and electro-stimulationguillain-barre syndrome (gbs)

Identifiers

PMID34956793
PMCPMC8693695
OpenAlexW3216288284

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Registered trials

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