Efficacy and Safety of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Methodological Evaluation of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Synthesis in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2026. 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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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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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
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5 · Who and what money
Authors and funding
12 authors.
Adrian BalanCenter for Research and Innovation in Precision Medicine of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Pulmonology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0009-0005-0519-5868
Giles GrahamEurope to Europe, 78 Providence Park, Southampton SO16 7QW, UK.
Herban SorinDepartment of Civil Engineering and Installations, Polytechnic University of Timisoara, 300006 Timisoara, Romania.
Marius MarcuDepartment of Computer and Software Engineering, Polytechnic University of Timisoara, 300006 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-3394-385X
Nini GheorgheFaculty of Medicine, Vasile Goldis Western University of Arad, 310414 Arad, Romania.
Mara GabrielaFaculty of Medicine, Vasile Goldis Western University of Arad, 310414 Arad, Romania.
Andreea-Roxana FlorescuCenter for Research and Innovation in Precision Medicine of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Pulmonology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Alina-Mirela PopaCenter for Research and Innovation in Precision Medicine of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Pulmonology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0009-0005-6026-8724
Ana LascuDepartment of Functional Sciences, Discipline of Pathophysiology, Centre for Translational Research and Systems Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-0600-1103
Cristian Ion MotOtorhinolaryngology Department, Municipal Emergency Hospital Timisoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Stefan MihaicutaCenter for Research and Innovation in Precision Medicine of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Pulmonology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-8897-8342
Stefan Marian FrentCenter for Research and Innovation in Precision Medicine of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Pulmonology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-7469-6755
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
6 · The paper itself
Abstract
PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.
Indexed as
COVID-19Vagus Nerve StimulationHospitalizationHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeAI toolscholinergic anti-inflammatory pathwayCOVID-19cytokine stormneuromodulationrandomized controlled trialsrisk of biasSARS-CoV-2systematic reviewvagus nerve stimulation
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