Effect of Convalescent Plasma Therapy on Mortality and Viral Load in Severely Ill Patients with COVID-19
| Autor: | Jan Moravec, Martin Müller, Petr Turek, Michal Moravec, Tomáš Nejtek, Roman Zazula |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Prague Medical Report, Vol 124, Iss 3, Pp 230-241 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2336-2936 1214-6994 23362936 |
| DOI: | 10.14712/23362936.2023.18 |
| Popis: | The use of convalescent plasma (CP) appeared to be a promising, easily available and safe way of treatment of severe COVID-19 at the onset of the pandemic in early 2020. Conducted in 2020 and 2021, our study of 52 severely to critically ill COVID-19 patients who received CP plasma as a treatment and of 97 controls found no difference in 30-day or 90-day mortality rates. A significant viral load drop in most patients (4.7 log10 [p |
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