Convalescent Plasma Therapy for Management of COVID-19: Perspectives and Deployment in the Current Global Pandemic.
Risk Manag Healthc Policy
; 13: 2707-2728, 2020.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-953386
ABSTRACT
The world is striving against the severe crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare professionals are struggling to treat their patients based on nonspecific therapies. Amidst this uncertainty, convalescent plasma therapy (CPT) has appeared to be an interim adjuvant therapy for severely ill patients of COVID-19 until long-term clinical trial treatment options are available. Considering the transfusion-related hazards, especially lung injuries and microbial transmission, where sensitivity is not ensured, rigorous trials should be conducted to determine this therapy's efficacy. Moreover, the ratio of recovered cases to plasma donors is not satisfying, which questioning this therapy's availability and accessibility. Although some countries are making the treatment free, the attributable cost mandates a justification for its suitability and sustainability. Our article aimed to review the published facts and findings of CPT's effectiveness in lowering the mortality rate of COVID-19. This pandemic showed that healthcare systems worldwide need core reform. A unified global collaboration must align and coordinate to face the current pandemic and enhance world readiness for future outbreaks based on health equity and equality.
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Language:
English
Journal:
Risk Manag Healthc Policy
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
RMHP.S281388
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