ReviewPrimary care1996
The common cold.
Review in Primary care, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06531707 (Efficacy and Safety of Ibuprofen/Loratadine Fixed-dose Combination Versus the Fixed-dose Administration of Monotherapy as Symptomatic Treatment for Patients With the Common Cold), which is not on this map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Efficacy and Safety of Ibuprofen/Loratadine Fixed-dose Combination Versus the Fixed-dose Administration of Monotherapy as Symptomatic Treatment for Patients With the Common Cold
Who cites it
38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 100 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evaluation of echinacea for the prevention and treatment of the common cold: a meta-analysis.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2007Pooled it
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- Symptomatic treatment of the common cold with a fixed-dose combination of paracetamol, chlorphenamine and phenylephrine: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial.BMC infectious diseases · 2013Trial
- A placebo-controlled trial of Korean red ginseng extract for preventing influenza-like illness in healthy adults.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2012Trial
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- Next-Generation Nucleic Acid-Based Diagnostics for Viral Pathogens: Lessons Learned from the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Prevalence of common respiratory viruses in children: insights from post-pandemic surveillance.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Inhibition of virally induced TFEB proteasomal degradation as a host-centric therapeutic approach for coronaviral infection.Science advances · 2025Article
- Effects ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Combinations of compound cold medicines should be used with caution: a case series.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Azithromycin in the Management of Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URTIs): Indian Real-Life Experience.Infection and drug resistance · 2025Article
- A quality-by-design eco-friendly UV-HPLC method for the determination of four drugs used to treat symptoms of common cold and COVID-19.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Practical Considerations in Hospital Infection Prevention.Journal of Brown hospital medicine · 2023Review
- Human Mastadenovirus Infections in Children: A Review of the Current Status in the Arab World in the Middle East and North Africa.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Identifying socio-ecological drivers of common cold in Bhutan: a national surveillance data analysis.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Predicting diagnoses from illness experiences with common cold symptoms before physician consultation: a mixed-methods research.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Survey of potentially inappropriate prescriptions for common cold symptoms in Japan: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Association of Acute Upper Respiratory Tract Infections with Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Case-Crossover, Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activities ofMicroorganisms · 2021Article
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Abstract
The common cold is characterized by symptoms of rhinorrhea, nasal obstruction, sneezing, throat clearing, postnasal drip, and cough. Some of the many viruses that cause colds may cause mild additional symptoms such as sore throat, weakness, dizziness, and tearing. This article presents data concerning the cause, pathogenesis, and treatment of the common cold as well as discussion of the available diagnostic tests and their use in formulating differential diagnoses.
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