Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36067701›Full record

ArticlePlacenta2022

Point shear wave velocity(pSWV) evaluation of the placenta of pregnant women who had recovered from COVID-19: A prospective cohort study from a tertiary pandemic center.

Bedri Sakcak, Mihriban Alkan, Ramazan Denizli, Nihat Farisoğullari, Özgür Kara, Şule Göncü Ayhan, Atakan Tanacan, Dilek Şahin

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

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

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 87% 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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

8 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Bedri SakcakDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ministry of Health, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: drbedrisakcak@hotmail.com.
Mihriban AlkanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ministry of Health, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Ramazan DenizliDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ministry of Health, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Nihat FarisoğullariDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ministry of Health, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Özgür KaraDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ministry of Health, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Şule Göncü AyhanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ministry of Health, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Atakan TanacanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ministry of Health, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Dilek ŞahinDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ministry of Health, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey; University of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Ministry of Health · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTo assess the placental elasticity using point shear wave velocity (pSWV) in pregnant women who had recovered from coronavirus COVID-19.

methodsA total of 40 pregnant women who had recovered from moderate severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and 40 healthy pregnant women were included in this study. We evaluated placental elasticity by using transabdominal pSWV method. Three measurements were made, and their average was accepted as the mean placental velocity value in each case. The results were compared between the post-COVID-19 and control groups.

resultsThe mean pSWV values were significantly higher in the post-COVID-19 group compared to the control group, indicating that the women with a history of COVID-19 had stiffer placentas. Furthermore, the pSWV values were significantly and positively correlated with the uterine artery pulsatility index. We also found that the NICU requirement was statistically higher in the post-COVID 19 group. DISCUSSION: The pregnant women who had recovered from COVID-19 had rigid placentas than the healthy controls. The use of pSWV for the assessment of placental velocity may provide valuable information in the diagnosis and management of post-COVID-19 patients as a complementary tool to the existing ultrasonography methods.

Indexed as

COVID-19Elasticity Imaging TechniquesPregnancy Complications, InfectiousFemaleHumansPandemicsPlacentaPregnancyPregnant PeopleProspective StudiesSARS-CoV-2COVID-19ElasticityPlacentaPlacental stiffnessShear wave velocity

Identifiers

PMID36067701
PMCPMC9395301
OpenAlexW4292822019

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
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.