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ArticleTropical doctor2022

SARS-CoV-2 infection, pulse oximetry, and interpretive caveats.

Bharath Chhabria, Navneet Arora, Sarah Chahal, Ashok Kumar Pannu, Valliappan Muthu, Mohan Kumar

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Article in Tropical doctor, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 2 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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bharath ChhabriaDepartments of Internal medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, 29751Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Navneet AroraDepartments of Internal medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, 29751Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.ORCID 0000-0002-4507-2468
Sarah ChahalDepartments of Internal medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, 29751Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.ORCID 0000-0003-3947-197X
Ashok Kumar PannuDepartments of Internal medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, 29751Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.ORCID 0000-0002-4476-3478
Valliappan MuthuDepartments of Internal medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, 29751Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.ORCID 0000-0003-0410-8468
Mohan KumarDepartments of Internal medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, 29751Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.ORCID 0000-0003-4426-9610
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoxaemia in COVID-19 does not necessarily imply COVID pneumonia or post-COVID lung fibrosis, and the caveats of finger pulse oximetry should be remembered. Drug-induced methaemoglobinemia should be considered in individuals with unexplained cyanosis, refractory hypoxaemia, or the presence of a saturation gap. Here, we share our recent encounter of 'spurious hypoxia' in a patient with COVID-19 and methaemoglobinemia.

Indexed as

COVID-19PneumoniaHumansHypoxiaOximetrySARS-CoV-2Acquired methaemoglobinemiaCOVID 19dapsonedrug-related methaemoglobinemia

Identifiers

PMID35775134
PMCPMC9253519
OpenAlexW4283757320

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