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ReviewSAGE open medicine2022

Potential role of biochemical markers in the prognosis of COVID-19 patients.

Apeksha Niraula, Nirmal Baral, Madhab Lamsal, Mahima Bataju, Saroj Thapa

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Review in SAGE open medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Apeksha NiraulaDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Nepal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2866-7969
Nirmal BaralDepartment of Biochemistry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
Madhab LamsalDepartment of Biochemistry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
Mahima BatajuDepartment of Biochemistry, KIST Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Lalitpur, Nepal.
Saroj ThapaDepartment of Biochemistry, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, Dhulikhel, Nepal.
B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences · NPKathmandu University · NPKIST Medical College · NPTribhuvan University Teaching Hospital · NP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The global pandemic due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has posed an overall threat to modern medicine. The course of the disease is uncertain with varying forms of presentation that cannot be managed solely with clinical skills and vigor. Since its inception, laboratory medicine forms a backbone for the proper diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, and prediction of the severity of the disease. Clinical biochemistry, an integral component of laboratory medicine, has been an unsung hero in the disease prognosis and severity assessment in COVID-19. This review attempts to highlight the biomarkers which have shown a significant role and can be used in the identification, stratification, and prediction of disease severity in COVID-19 patients. It also highlights the basis of the use of these biomarkers in the disease course and their implications.

Indexed as

Biomarkersclinical laboratory techniques/methodsCOVID-19prognosis

Identifiers

PMID35832258
PMCPMC9272200
OpenAlexW4285505459

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