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ArticleCureus2022

Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) Following Natural COVID-19 Infection.

Sisira Santhosh, Bilal Malik, Atefeh Kalantary, Arvind Kunadi

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In one paragraph

Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Immune Thrombocytopenia Onset and Relapse During the COVID-19 Pandemic. A Monocenter Study.Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases · 2023
    Article
  5. Autoimmune Diseases Affecting Hemostasis: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
    Review
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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 2 countries.

Sisira SanthoshInternal Medicine, Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, B.G. Nagara, IND.
Bilal MalikInternal Medicine, McLaren Health Care/Michigan State University (MSU), Flint, USA.
Atefeh KalantaryInternal Medicine, McLaren Health Care/Michigan State University (MSU), Flint, USA.
Arvind KunadiInternal Medicine/Nephrology, McLaren Health Care/Michigan State University (MSU), Flint, USA.
Michigan State University · USMcLaren Health Care · USRajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) has been linked to the COVID-19 vaccine series as a rare adverse event but has recently emerged in the literature as a sequela of natural COVID-19 infection. ITP is a diagnosis of exclusion where a diagnosis is made by having isolated thrombocytopenia (platelet count <100,000/μL) and no other identifiable etiology for the thrombocytopenia. We share the case of a young male without any history of hematological or immunological disorders presenting with severe, symptomatic thrombocytopenia following a natural COVID-19 infection. Patients should be made aware of the potential risk of adverse events with not only vaccination but also even mild cases of natural infection with COVID-19. An emphasis should be placed on the fact that the benefits of vaccination continue to outweigh the potential risks of adverse events, even in those with a pre-existing diagnosis of ITP.

Indexed as

adverse effects of covidcovid-19covid-19 vaccineimmune thrombocytopenia (itp)itp management

Identifiers

PMID35815306
PMCPMC9270081
OpenAlexW4284686605

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