Continuous positive airway pressure for moderate to severe COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome in a resource-limited setting

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  1. SciScore for 10.1101/2021.06.17.21258809: (What is this?)

    Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.

    Table 1: Rigor

    Ethicsnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Experimental Models: Organisms/Strains
    SentencesResources
    Patients were admitted in Covid19 unit based on Respiratory failure (SpO2 < 90% or Respiratory Rate > 30), in the presence of a clinical history and examination suggestive of Covid19 pneumonia (Acute onset fever, cough, dyspnea, crepitations on lung auscultation) with appropriate radiological and laboratory findings (Infiltrates on CXR +/- lymphopenia on CBC)(14).
    CXR +/- lymphopenia on CBC
    suggested: None

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:
    Limitations: Significant limitations of this study include its observational nature, retrospective single centre design and small sample size. Further research needs to be done to determine the optimal protocol for treatment of CARDS on CPAP, including patient selection, timing of initiation, pressures used and weaning protocols.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.


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