Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35962440›Full record

ArticleEuropean journal of medical research2022

Prone position reduces the risk of patients with mild or moderate COVID-19 progressing to severe or even critical cases: a retrospective study.

Chuan-Cai Xu, Jia-Li Xu, Xiao-Fei Wang, Shen Meng, Sheng Ye, Xiao-Miao Tang, Wei Lei

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in European journal of medical research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
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.

Chuan-Cai Xu *Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 899#, Pinghai Road, Gusu District, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu Province, China.
Jia-Li Xu *Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 899#, Pinghai Road, Gusu District, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu Province, China.
Xiao-Fei Wang *Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 899#, Pinghai Road, Gusu District, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu Province, China.
Shen MengDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 899#, Pinghai Road, Gusu District, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu Province, China.
Sheng YeDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 899#, Pinghai Road, Gusu District, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu Province, China.
Xiao-Miao TangDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 899#, Pinghai Road, Gusu District, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu Province, China.
Wei LeiDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 899#, Pinghai Road, Gusu District, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu Province, China. leiweilw@suda.edu.cn.

Funding

the Gusu youth medical talent GSWS2020017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo investigate whether prone position can reduce the risk of patients with mild or moderate COVID-19 who progress to severe or critical illness.

methodsThe prone position group was treated in prone position on the day of admission in addition to conventional treatment. Indicators such as saturation of pulse oximetry (SpO

results(1) A total of 34 patients were included in prone position group. There were significant differences in SpO

conclusionProne position improves SpO

Indexed as

COVID-19HumansPatient PositioningProne PositionRespiration, ArtificialRetrospective StudiesCOVID-19MildModerateProgressionProne positionProne position ventilation

Identifiers

PMID35962440
PMCPMC9372953

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.