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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2022

COVID-19 Vaccine and Long COVID: A Scoping Review.

Aqsa Mumtaz, Abdul Ahad Ehsan Sheikh, Amin Moazzam Khan, Subaina Naeem Khalid, Jehanzaeb Khan, Adeel Nasrullah, Shazib Sagheer, Abu Baker Sheikh

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aqsa MumtazDepartment of Internal Medicine, Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital, Newburgh, NY 12550, USA.
Abdul Ahad Ehsan SheikhDepartment of Internal Medicine, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, PA 18505, USA.
Amin Moazzam KhanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad 46000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0001-9521-2265
Subaina Naeem KhalidDepartment of Internal Medicine, Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad 46000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-5451-6438
Jehanzaeb KhanDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87102, USA.
Adeel NasrullahDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7604-6978
Shazib SagheerDivision of Cardiology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87102, USA.
Abu Baker SheikhDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87102, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0503-6961
University of New Mexico · USAllegheny Health Network · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, changing definitions and therapeutics regarding the post-acute sequela of COVID-19, particularly long COVID, have become a subject of great interest and study. The study aims to describe the pathophysiology and discuss different therapeutic agents currently available for long COVID. Another objective is to assess comparative efficacy between different types of vaccines on symptoms of long COVID. A preliminary search was conducted using Ovid Medline, Embase, medRxiv, and NIH COVID-19 portfolios. A total of 16 studies were included in our review. Despite some of the data showing variable results, most of the vaccinated patients reported improvement in long COVID symptoms with no significant difference between various types of vaccines. Further trials are needed to better identify the comparative efficacy of vaccines for long COVID and ascertain other therapeutic modalities.

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COVID-19COVID-19 vaccinationlong COVIDlong COVID treatment

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PMID35888154
PMCPMC9324565
OpenAlexW4285732896

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