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Convalescent plasma therapy - a silver lining for COVID-19 management?
Saha, Sumit; Kadam, Sachin.
  • Saha, Sumit; Advancells Group. Noida. IN
  • Kadam, Sachin; Advancells Group. Noida. IN
Hematol., Transfus. Cell Ther. (Impr.) ; 43(2): 201-211, Apr.-June 2021. tab, ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: biblio-1286682
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ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the world towards social, economic, and medical challenges. Scientific research in medicine is the only means to overcome novel and complex diseases like COVID-19. To sum up the therapeutic wild-goose chase, many available antivirals and repurposed drugs have failed to show successful clinical evidence in patient recovery, several vaccine candidates are still waiting in the trial pipelines and a few have become available to the common public for administration in record time.However, with upcoming evidence of coronavirus mutations, available vaccines may thrive on the spirit of doubt about efficacy and effectiveness towards these new strains of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV2). In all these collective uncertainties, plasma therapy has shown a ray of hope for critically ill patients. To date, with very few published case studies of convalescent plasma in COVID-19, there are two school of thought process in the scientific community regarding plasma therapy efficiency and this leads to confusion due to the lack of optimal randomized and controlled studies.Without undertaking any robust scientific studies, evidence or caution, accepting any therapy unanimously may cause more harm than good, but with a clearer understanding of SARS-CoV2 immunopathology and drug response, plasma therapy might be the silver lining against COVID-19 for the global community.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Plasma / COVID-19 Type of study: Controlled clinical trial Language: English Journal: Hematol., Transfus. Cell Ther. (Impr.) Journal subject: Hematologia / TransfusÆo de Sangue Year: 2021 Type: Article Affiliation country: India Institution/Affiliation country: Advancells Group/IN

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Plasma / COVID-19 Type of study: Controlled clinical trial Language: English Journal: Hematol., Transfus. Cell Ther. (Impr.) Journal subject: Hematologia / TransfusÆo de Sangue Year: 2021 Type: Article Affiliation country: India Institution/Affiliation country: Advancells Group/IN