COVID-19 Experience in Hemodialysis Patients: A Cue for Therapeutic Heparin-Based Strategies?
Nephron
; 144(8): 383-385, 2020.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-596483
ABSTRACT
In our opinion, the use of heparin could play a crucial role in these patients. In fact, recent studies have shown that heparin, the most commonly used anticoagulant during HD procedures, had anti-inflammatory properties and a direct antiviral action, due to its ability to prevent SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus entry into host cells. These activities, together with its anticoagulant action, could explain the ability of heparin to ameliorate COVID-19 clinical course.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Heparin
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Renal Dialysis
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Coronavirus Infections
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Anticoagulants
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Nephron
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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