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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2022

Aspirin in COVID-19: Pros and Cons.

Rana Zareef, Marwa Diab, Tala Al Saleh, Adham Makarem, Nour K Younis, Fadi Bitar, Mariam Arabi

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 25 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rana ZareefPediatric and Adolescent Medicine Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Marwa DiabPediatric and Adolescent Medicine Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Tala Al SalehFaculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Adham MakaremFaculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Nour K YounisBrigham and Women's Hospital-Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Fadi BitarPediatric and Adolescent Medicine Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
Mariam ArabiPediatric and Adolescent Medicine Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
American University of Beirut Medical Center · LBHarvard University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since its emergence, the COVID-19 pandemic has been ravaging the medical and economic sectors even with the significant vaccination advances. In severe presentations, the disease of SARS-CoV-2 can manifest with life-threatening thromboembolic and multi-organ repercussions provoking notable morbidity and mortality. The pathogenesis of such burdensome forms has been under extensive investigation and is attributed to a state of immune dysfunction and hyperinflammation. In light of these extraordinary circumstances, research efforts have focused on investigating and repurposing previously available agents that target the inflammatory and hematological cascades. Aspirin, due to its well-known properties and multiple molecular targets, and ought to its extensive clinical use, has been perceived as a potential therapeutic agent for COVID-19. Aspirin acts at multiple cellular targets to achieve its anti-inflammatory and anti-platelet effects. Although initial promising clinical data describing aspirin role in COVID-19 has appeared, evidence supporting its use remains fragile and premature. This review explores the notion of repurposing aspirin in COVID-19 infection. It delves into aspirin as a molecule, along with its pharmacology and clinical applications. It also reviews the current high-quality clinical evidence highlighting the role of aspirin in SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Indexed as

aspirincoronavirusCOVID-19salicylic acidSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID35370686
PMCPMC8965577
OpenAlexW4220779206

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