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The therapeutic effectiveness of Convalescent plasma therapy on treating COVID-19 patients residing in respiratory care units in hospitals in Baghdad, Iraq
Anwar M. Rasheed; Dhurgham F. Ftak; Hashim A. Hashim; Mohammed F. Maulood; Khulood K Kabah; Yaqoob A. Almusawi; Ahmed S. Abdulamir.
Affiliation
  • Anwar M. Rasheed; Baghdad-Alkarkh general Directorate of Health
  • Dhurgham F. Ftak; Baghdad-Alkarkh general Directorate of Health
  • Hashim A. Hashim; Alkarkh Hospital
  • Mohammed F. Maulood; Alforat hospital
  • Khulood K Kabah; Baghdad-Alkarkh general Directorate of Health
  • Yaqoob A. Almusawi; National Center of Blood Donation, Bab Madhim, Baghdad, Iraq
  • Ahmed S. Abdulamir; College of Medicine, Alnahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq
Preprint in English | medRxiv | ID: ppmedrxiv-20121905
ABSTRACT
ObjectivesThe current COVID-19 pandemic needs unconventional therapies to tackle the resulted high morbidity and mortality. Convalescent plasma is one of the therapeutic approaches that might be of benefit. MethodsForty nine early-stage critically-ill COVID-19 patients residing in RCU of three hospitals in Baghdad, Iraq were included, 21 received convalescent plasma while 28 did not receive, namely control group. Recovery or death, length of stay in hospital, and improvement in the clinical course of the disease were monitored clinically along with laboratory monitoring through SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection via PCR, and SARS-CoV-2 IgG and IgM serological monitoring. ResultsPatients received convalescent plasma showed reduced duration of infection in about 4 days, and showed less death rate, 1/21 versus 8/28 in control group. In, addition, all of the patients received convalescent plasma showed high levels of SARS-CoV-2 IgG and IgM 3 days after plasma transfusion. Plasma from donors with high levels of SARS-CoV-2 IgG and donors with positive SRAS-CoV-2 IgM showed better therapeutic results than other donors. ConclusionsConvalescent plasma therapy is an effective mode of therapy if donors with high level of SARS-Cov2 antibodies are selected and if recipients were at their early stage of critical illness, being no more than 3 days in RCU.
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Full text: Available Collection: Preprints Database: medRxiv Type of study: Experimental_studies / Prognostic study Language: English Year: 2020 Document type: Preprint
Full text: Available Collection: Preprints Database: medRxiv Type of study: Experimental_studies / Prognostic study Language: English Year: 2020 Document type: Preprint
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