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ReviewHeart & lung : the journal of critical care

Does COVID-19 pneumonia signify secondary organizing pneumonia?: A narrative review comparing the similarities between these two distinct entities.

Woon H Chong, Biplab K Saha, Amit Chopra

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Review in Heart & lung : the journal of critical care. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Woon H ChongDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Albany Medical Center, 43 New Scotland Avenue, Albany 12208, New York, USA. Electronic address: chongw@amc.edu.
Biplab K SahaDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Ozarks Medical Center, West Plains, Missouri, USA.
Amit ChopraDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Albany Medical Center, 43 New Scotland Avenue, Albany 12208, New York, USA.
Albany Medical Center Hospital · USUniversity of the Ozarks · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple observational studies have described the similarities between COVID-19 pneumonia and organizing pneumonia (OP). These two entities clinically manifest with mild and subacute respiratory symptoms, often with a delayed diagnosis due to the atypical ARDS and silent hypoxemia presentation. Radiological features are often indistinguishable between the two. With the increase in antemortem lung biopsies and autopsies being performed, more histopathological findings of OP and its variant, acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia (AFOP), are being diagnosed. These entities are known complications of viral infections as a delayed immunological process, explaining the favorable response to corticosteroids. Clinicians should be vigilant to diagnose this under-recognized entity of secondary OP in people with COVID-19 when clinical deterioration occurs, especially with compatible radiologic findings and recent cessation of corticosteroids. Despite the proven benefits of corticosteroids in treating COVID-19, treatment approaches can be more effective as OP often requires higher doses and a more prolonged therapy duration for remission and preventing relapses. The purpose of our narrative review is to compare the similarities between COVID-19 pneumonia and OP, emphasizing the clinical, radiological, and histopathological features based on the evidence available in the literature.

Indexed as

COVID-19PneumoniaAdrenal Cortex HormonesHumansLungSARS-CoV-2Adrenal Cortex HormonesCoronavirus disease 2019COVID-19Organizing pneumoniaSARS-CoV-2Secondary organizing pneumoniaSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

Identifiers

PMID34098237
PMCPMC8164344
OpenAlexW3167502678

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