
PMC:7386785 / 38122-38648
Annnotations
LitCovid-PD-HP
Is there concern that the target condition as defined by the reference standard does not match the review question? HIGH: if the target condition was COVID‐19 pneumonia, but only RT‐PCR was used; if alternative diagnosis was highly likely and not excluded (will happen in paediatric cases, where exclusion of other respiratory pathogens is also necessary); if tests used to follow up viral load in known test‐positives.LOW: if above situations were not present.UNCLEAR: if intention for testing was not reported in the study.
LitCovid-PD-MONDO
Is there concern that the target condition as defined by the reference standard does not match the review question? HIGH: if the target condition was COVID‐19 pneumonia, but only RT‐PCR was used; if alternative diagnosis was highly likely and not excluded (will happen in paediatric cases, where exclusion of other respiratory pathogens is also necessary); if tests used to follow up viral load in known test‐positives.LOW: if above situations were not present.UNCLEAR: if intention for testing was not reported in the study.
LitCovid-PD-CLO
Is there concern that the target condition as defined by the reference standard does not match the review question? HIGH: if the target condition was COVID‐19 pneumonia, but only RT‐PCR was used; if alternative diagnosis was highly likely and not excluded (will happen in paediatric cases, where exclusion of other respiratory pathogens is also necessary); if tests used to follow up viral load in known test‐positives.LOW: if above situations were not present.UNCLEAR: if intention for testing was not reported in the study.
LitCovid-sentences
Is there concern that the target condition as defined by the reference standard does not match the review question? HIGH: if the target condition was COVID‐19 pneumonia, but only RT‐PCR was used; if alternative diagnosis was highly likely and not excluded (will happen in paediatric cases, where exclusion of other respiratory pathogens is also necessary); if tests used to follow up viral load in known test‐positives.LOW: if above situations were not present.UNCLEAR: if intention for testing was not reported in the study.