Current systematic reviews and meta-analyses of COVID-19

BACKGROUNDCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has left a significant impact on the world's health, economic and political systems; as of November 20, 2020, more than 57 million people have been infected worldwide, with over 1.3 million deaths. While the global spotlight is currently focused on...

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Published in:	World journal of virology Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 182 - 208
Main Authors:	Nassar, Mahmoud, Nso, Nso, Alfishawy, Mostafa, Novikov, Anastasia, Yaghi, Salim, Medina, Luis, Toz, Bahtiyar, Lakhdar, Sofia, Idrees, Zarwa, Kim, Yungmin, Gurung, Dawa Ongyal, Siddiqui, Raheel S, Zheng, David, Agladze, Mariam, Sumbly, Vikram, Sandhu, Jasmine, Castillo, Francisco Cuevas, Chowdhury, Nadya, Kondaveeti, Ravali, Bhuiyan, Sakil, Perez, Laura Guzman, Ranat, Riki, Gonzalez, Carlos, Bhangoo, Harangad, Williams, John, Osman, Alaa Eldin, Kong, Joyce, Ariyaratnam, Jonathan, Mohamed, Mahmoud, Omran, Ismail, Lopez, Mariely, Nyabera, Akwe, Landry, Ian, Iqbal, Saba, Gondal, Anoosh Zafar, Hassan, Sameen, Daoud, Ahmed, Baraka, Bahaaeldin, Trandafirescu, Theo, Rizzo, Vincent
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 25-07-2021
Subjects:	Systematic Reviews
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Summary:	BACKGROUNDCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has left a significant impact on the world's health, economic and political systems; as of November 20, 2020, more than 57 million people have been infected worldwide, with over 1.3 million deaths. While the global spotlight is currently focused on combating this pandemic through means ranging from finding a treatment among existing therapeutic agents to inventing a vaccine that can aid in halting the further loss of life. AIMTo collect all systematic reviews and meta-analyses published related to COVID-19 to better identify available evidence, highlight gaps in knowledge, and elucidate further meta-analyses and umbrella reviews that are yet to be performed. METHODSWe explored studies based on systematic reviews and meta-analyses with the key-terms, including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), SARS virus, coronavirus disease, COVID-19, and SARS coronavirus-2. The included studies were extracted from Embase, Medline, and Cochrane databases. The publication timeframe of included studies ranged between January 01, 2020, to October 30, 2020. Studies that were published in languages other than English were not considered for this systematic review. The finalized full-text articles are freely accessible in the public domain. RESULTSSearching Embase, Medline, and Cochrane databases resulted in 1906, 669, and 19 results, respectively, that comprised 2594 studies. 515 duplicates were subsequently removed, leaving 2079 studies. The inclusion criteria were systematic reviews or meta-analyses. 860 results were excluded for being a review article, scope review, rapid review, panel review, or guideline that produced a total of 1219 studies. After screening articles were categorized, the included articles were put into main groups of clinical presentation, epidemiology, screening and diagnosis, severity assessment, special populations, and treatment. Subsequently, there was a second subclassification into the following groups: gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, neurological, stroke, thrombosis, anosmia and dysgeusia, ocular manifestations, nephrology, cutaneous manifestations, D-dimer, lymphocyte, anticoagulation, antivirals, convalescent plasma, immunosuppressants, corticosteroids, hydroxychloroquine, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, technology, diabetes mellitus, obesity, pregnancy, children, mental health, smoking, cancer, and transplant. CONCLUSIONAmong the included articles, it is clear that further research is needed regarding treatment options and vaccines. With more studies, data will be less heterogeneous, and statistical analysis can be better applied to provide more robust clinical evidence. This study was not designed to give recommendations regarding the management of COVID-19.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Author contributions: Nassar M, Nso N, Alfishawy M, Baraka B screened the articles; Nassar M, Nso N, Alfishawy M, Novikov A, Yaghi S, Medina L, Toz B, Lakhdar S, Idrees Z, Kim Y, Gurung DO, Siddiqui RS, Zheng D, Agladze M, Sumbly V, Sandhu J, Castillo FC, Chowdhury N, Kondaveeti R, Bhuiyan S, PerezLG, Ranat R, Gonzalez C, Bhangoo H, Williams J, Osman AE, Baraka B, Ariyaratnam J, Mohamed M, Omran I, Lopez M, Nyabera A, Landry I, Iqbal S, Kong J, Gondal AZ, Hassan S, Daoud A reviewed the included studies and wrote the manuscripts; Trandafirescu T and Rizzo V reviewed and edited the manuscript. Corresponding author: Mahmoud Nassar, MD, MSc, PhD, Doctor, Department of Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/NYC H&H Queens, 82-68 164th Street Jamaica, New York, NY 11432, United States. dr.nassar@aucegypt.edu
ISSN:	2220-3249 2220-3249
DOI:	10.5501/wjv.v10.i4.182