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ReviewMicroorganisms2023

Long COVID-19 Pathophysiology: What Do We Know So Far?

Nikolaos-Renatos Tziolos, Petros Ioannou, Stella Baliou, Diamantis P Kofteridis

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Review in Microorganisms, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that 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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Nikolaos-Renatos TziolosDepartment of Internal Medicine & Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Heraklion, 71110 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5494-2042
Petros IoannouDepartment of Internal Medicine & Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Heraklion, 71110 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1082-5674
Stella BaliouSchool of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece.
Diamantis P KofteridisDepartment of Internal Medicine & Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Heraklion, 71110 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0255-5926

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long COVID-19 is a recognized entity that affects millions of people worldwide. Its broad clinical symptoms include thrombotic events, brain fog, myocarditis, shortness of breath, fatigue, muscle pains, and others. Due to the binding of the virus with ACE-2 receptors, expressed in many organs, it can potentially affect any system; however, it most often affects the cardiovascular, central nervous, respiratory, and immune systems. Age, high body mass index, female sex, previous hospitalization, and smoking are some of its risk factors. Despite great efforts to define its pathophysiology, gaps remain to be explained. The main mechanisms described in the literature involve viral persistence, hypercoagulopathy, immune dysregulation, autoimmunity, hyperinflammation, or a combination of these. The exact mechanisms may differ from system to system, but some share the same pathways. This review aims to describe the most prevalent pathophysiological pathways explaining this syndrome.

Indexed as

COVID-19Long COVID-19post-COVID-19SARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID37894116
PMCPMC10609046

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