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ReviewTransfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis2020

A consideration of convalescent plasma and plasma derivatives in the care of Severely-ill patients with COVID-19.

Thomas Lung, Michel D Kazatchkine, Lorenz Risch, Martin Risch, Urs E Nydegger

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Review in Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. SARS-CoV-2 antibody changes in patients receiving COVID-19 convalescent plasma from normal and vaccinated donors.Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis · 2022
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  6. Convalescent blood plasma (CBP) donated by recovered COVID-19 patients - A comment.Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis · 2021
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  9. Autoimmune diseases - New insights into a troublesome field.Journal of translational autoimmunity · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Thomas LungLabormedizinisches Zentrum Dr. Risch, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
Michel D KazatchkineGraduate Institute for International Affairs and Development, Geneva, Switzerland.
Lorenz RischLabormedizinisches Zentrum Dr. Risch, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
Martin RischLabormedizinisches Zentrum Dr. Risch, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
Urs E NydeggerLabormedizinisches Zentrum Dr. Risch, Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Electronic address: urs.nydegger@risch.ch.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pathogenesis and immunopathological damage of severe forms of COVID-19 resemble acute autoimmune disease sparked by SARS-CoV-2, including an early systemic overproduction of proinflammatory cytokines. Such immunopathological features provide a rationale for the use of passive immunotherapy with convalescent plasma as a source of neutralizing anti-viral antibodies and of anti-inflammatory plasma components. While convalescent plasma therapy is now being evaluated in prospective clinical trials, we further consider the therapeutic potential of human hyper immune globulins, and of heterologous, engineered and monoclonal neutralizing antibodies as anti-viral agents to treat COVID-19. Good medical practice procedures are still needed and is why we also discuss the potential use of polyclonal polyspecific immunoglobulins (IVIG), a therapeutic plasma derivative, with potent anti-inflammatory activity, in severe forms of Covid-19.

Indexed as

Severity of Illness IndexComorbidityCOVID-19COVID-19 SerotherapyHumansImmunization, PassivePlasmaSARS-CoV-2Convalescent plasmaCOVID-19IVIGPlasma exchange

Identifiers

PMID32919880
PMCPMC7833822

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