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ArticleTanaffos2023

Cytokine Release Syndrome (CRS) in Severe COVID-19 Patients: Two Controversial and Interesting Case Reports and Literature Review.

Biljana Lazovic, Radmila Dmitrovic, Isidora Simonovic, Antonio M Esquinas

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Article in Tanaffos, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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

2 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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Biljana LazovicDepartment of Pulmonology, University Clinical Center "Zemun", Belgrade, Serbia.
Radmila DmitrovicDepartment of Pulmonology, University Clinical Center "Zemun", Belgrade, Serbia.
Isidora SimonovicDepartment of Pulmonology, University Clinical Center "Zemun", Belgrade, Serbia.
Antonio M EsquinasIntensive Care Unit, Hospital Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain.
Zemun Hospital · RSHospital General Universitario Morales Meseguer · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Cytokine release syndrome (CRS) represents a potentially life-threatening and systematic inflammatory response where it is noted an increase of secretion of proinflammatory cytokines from lymphocytes, myeloid cells like macrophages, dendritic cells, and monocytes. This syndrome is characteristic of some conditions such as viral infections, administration of antibody-based therapy, auto immune disease, and immunotherapy, especially in severe COVID-19 patients. Case reports: We presented two cases of COVID-19 patients in which the clinical picture significantly deteriorated during hospitalization, where the value of CRP, ferritin, LDH, and IL-6 dramatically increased, especially values of IL-6 were recorded over 2000. We treated them with third-generation cephalosporins, carbapenems, glycopeptides, metronidazole, anti-IL-6 inhibitor, low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), glucocorticoids, immunoglobulins (IVIG), and vitamins. Both patients were successfully treated and were discharged from the hospital with a recommendation for oral anticoagulant therapy. Conclusion: CRS is a complex syndrome. In the future, it is necessary to educate doctors about this syndrome, as well as to develop drugs whose goal would be to reduce the inflammatory response in already developed diseases.

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COVID-19Cytokine release syndromeIL-6Inflammation

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PMID37920307
PMCPMC10618577
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