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ReviewJournal of inflammation research2021

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and COVID-19: A Literature Review.

Musaddique Hussain, Shahzada Khurram Syed, Mobeen Fatima, Saira Shaukat, Malik Saadullah, Ali M Alqahtani, Taha Alqahtani, Talha Bin Emran, Ali H Alamri, Muhammad Qasim Barkat and 1 more

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Review in Journal of inflammation research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 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

11 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Musaddique HussainDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan.
Shahzada Khurram SyedDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Management and Technology Lahore, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan.
Mobeen FatimaDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan.
Saira ShaukatDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan.
Malik SaadullahDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan.
Ali M AlqahtaniDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, 62529, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2240-4757
Taha AlqahtaniDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, 62529, Saudi Arabia.
Talha Bin EmranDepartment of Pharmacy, BGC Trust University Bangladesh, Chittagong, 4381, Bangladesh.ORCID 0000-0003-3188-2272
Ali H AlamriDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, Abha, 62529, Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad Qasim BarkatDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, 310000, People's Republic of China.
Ximei WuDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou City, 310000, People's Republic of China.
Islamia University of Bahawalpur · PKKing Khalid University · SAZhejiang University · CNBGC Trust University Bangladesh · BDGovernment College University, Faisalabad · PKUniversity of Management and Technology · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an overwhelming inflammatory disorder of the lung due to direct and indirect insults to the lungs. ARDS is characterized by increased vascular permeability, protein-rich edema, diffuse alveolar infiltrate, and loss of aerated lung tissue, leading to decreased lung compliance, tachypnea, and severe hypoxemia. COVID-19 is generally associated with ARDS, and it has gained prime importance since it started. The mortality rate is alarmingly high in COVID-19-related ARDS patients regardless of advances in mechanical ventilation. Several pharmacological agents, including corticosteroids, nitric oxide, neuromuscular blocker, anti-TNF, statins, and exogenous surfactant, have been studied and some are under investigation, like ketoconazole, lisofylline, N-acetylcysteine, prostaglandins, prostacyclin, and fish oil. The purpose of this review is to appraise the understanding of the pathophysiology of ARDS, biomarkers, and clinical trials of pharmacological therapies of ARDS and COVID-19-related ARDS.

Indexed as

acute lung injuryacute respiratory distress syndromeCOVID-19COVID-19-related ARDS

Identifiers

PMID34992415
PMCPMC8710428
OpenAlexW4200098242

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