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ReviewJournal of personalized medicine2023

Long COVID: Clinical Framing, Biomarkers, and Therapeutic Approaches.

Valeria Conti, Graziamaria Corbi, Francesco Sabbatino, Domenico De Pascale, Carmine Sellitto, Berenice Stefanelli, Nicola Bertini, Matteo De Simone, Luigi Liguori, Ilenia Di Paola and 5 more

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Review in Journal of personalized medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed
8.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Human microbiome in post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS).Current research in microbial sciences · 2025
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  20. Novel Advancements in COVID-19 and Neuroscience.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024
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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

15 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Valeria ContiDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via S. Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6964-2739
Graziamaria CorbiDepartment of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3441-889X
Francesco SabbatinoDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via S. Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6431-8278
Domenico De PascaleDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via S. Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.
Carmine SellittoDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via S. Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5595-7841
Berenice StefanelliDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via S. Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7986-8704
Nicola BertiniDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via S. Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.
Matteo De SimoneDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via S. Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8172-6134
Luigi LiguoriDepartment of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples "Federico II", 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0232-1452
Ilenia Di PaolaDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via S. Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.
Maddalena De BernardoDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via S. Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4566-0064
Angela TesseCNRS, INSERM, L'institut du Thorax, Université de Nantes, F-44000 Nantes, France.ORCID 0000-0002-2153-4357
Nicola RosaDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via S. Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2366-6556
Pasquale PaglianoDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via S. Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8109-0655
Amelia FilippelliDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via S. Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8235-9118
University of Salerno · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · ITCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

More than two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers are facing an emergency within an emergency, the so-called long COVID or post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS). Patients diagnosed with PCS develop an extended range of persistent symptoms and/or complications from COVID-19. The risk factors and clinical manifestations are many and various. Advanced age, sex/gender, and pre-existing conditions certainly influence the pathogenesis and course of this syndrome. However, the absence of precise diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers may further complicate the clinical management of patients. This review aimed to summarize recent evidence on the factors influencing PCS, possible biomarkers, and therapeutic approaches. Older patients recovered approximately one month earlier than younger patients, with higher rates of symptoms. Fatigue during the acute phase of COVID-19 appears to be an important risk factor for symptom persistence. Female sex, older age, and active smoking are associated with a higher risk of developing PCS. The incidence of cognitive decline and the risk of death are higher in PCS patients than in controls. Complementary and alternative medicine appears to be associated with improvement in symptoms, particularly fatigue. The heterogeneous nature of post-COVID symptoms and the complexity of patients with PCS, who are often polytreated due to concomitant clinical conditions, suggest a holistic and integrated approach to provide useful guidance for the treatment and overall management of long COVID.

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