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ArticleCureus2023

A Possible Association Between COVID-19 Vaccine and Complicated Pleural Effusion: A Case Report.

Bashar Oudah, Mohammad Abu-Abaa, Noor Al-Ameri, Jonathan Ghazaleh, Vijay Vanam

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 38% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bashar OudahInternal Medicine, Eisenhower Medical Center, Ranch Mirage, USA.
Mohammad Abu-AbaaInternal Medicine, Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Trenton, USA.
Noor Al-AmeriInternal Medicine, Eisenhower Medical Center, Ranch Mirage, USA.
Jonathan GhazalehInternal Medicine, Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, USA.
Vijay VanamInternal Medicine, Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage, USA.
Eisenhower Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As COVID-19 vaccines gain more prevalence, previously unrecognized side effects continue to be reported. We report a case of 78 male with no significant past medical history who was found to have a unilateral pleural effusion with symptoms that started two days after the administration of a COVID-19 vaccine. The initial presumption was bacterial pneumonia with parapneumonic effusion. However, the lack of clinical response prompted surgical intervention, and a diagnosis of empyema was established. No evidence of infectious etiology was found. This case helps to support the previously limited evidence in the recent medical literature that suggests a possible association between COVID-19 vaccines and pleurisy/effusion.

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covid 19empyemapleural effusionpleurisyvaccine

Identifiers

PMID37332399
PMCPMC10274251
OpenAlexW4377041991

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