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ArticleCureus2022

Hydropneumothorax Post COVID-19 Infection.

Swetha Vennelaganti, Aditya Sanjeevi, Sathyamurthy P, Basith Ahamed Nm

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

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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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Swetha VennelagantiInternal Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, IND.
Aditya SanjeeviGeneral Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, IND.
Sathyamurthy PInternal Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, IND.
Basith Ahamed NmInternal Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, IND.
Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 32-year-old male presented to the hospital with chief complaints of fever, cough, and breathlessness for the past 4 days and was found to be positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). On arrival at the hospital, the patient required supplemental oxygen. In addition, injection enoxaparin 80 mg subcutaneous twice a day and injection methylprednisolone 40 mg IV twice a day were administered for 10 days. Following this, the patient reported symptomatic improvement and was shifted to the ward with O2 @ 2 L/min through nasal prongs. However, the same evening he complained of right-sided pleuritic chest pain and developed worsening hypoxemia. CT scan of the thorax confirmed the presence of hydropneumothorax with a mediastinal shift to the left side. An intercostal drain (ICD) was placed after shifting him to the intensive care unit (ICU); pleural fluid sent for analysis confirmed the presence of a secondary bacterial infection for which he was treated with appropriate parenteral antibiotics.

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acute worsening in covid-19complications of covid-19covid-19hydropneumothoraxpleuritic pain in covid-19steroids in covid-19

Identifiers

PMID36106207
PMCPMC9458023
OpenAlexW4292458035

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