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SynthesisTransfusion clinique et biologique : journal de la Societe francaise de transfusion sanguine2021

Bioethical perspective of convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19: A systematic review.

M A Munir, P A Tandiabang, T Setyawati, A Basry, A D Cyio, N Rahman

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Synthesis in Transfusion clinique et biologique : journal de la Societe francaise de transfusion sanguine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Convalescent Covid-19 plasma: Back-to-basics and ethics, and next steps.Transfusion clinique et biologique : journal de la Societe francaise de transfusion sanguine · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

M A MunirDepartement of Bioethics, Humanities and Social Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tadulako University, Palu, Indonesia; Departement of Orthopaedic and Traumatologi Surgery, Undata General Hospital, Palu, Indonesia. Electronic address: ardimuniruntad@gmail.com.
P A TandiabangDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Tadulako University, Palu, Indonesia.
T SetyawatiDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Tadulako University, Palu, Indonesia.
A BasryDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Tadulako University, Palu, Indonesia.
A D CyioMedical Profession Program, Faculty of Medicine, Tadulako University, Palu, Indonesia.
N RahmanDepartment of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Tadulako University, Palu, Indonesia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Convalescent plasma therapy (CP) has long been used to prevent and treat various infectious diseases before COVID-19 such as SARS, MERS, and H1N1. Because the viral and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 share the similarities between SARS and MERS, CP treatment could be a promising treatment option to save COVID-19. With only low quality medical evidence, but massive media support and a very significant public demand for the use of convalescent plasma for COVID-19, we are now faced with an ethical dilemma. Therefore, this paper uses a structured analysis that focuses on the preferred reporting items for a systematic review of ethical issues regarding the use of Convalescent Plasma Therapy for COVID-19. The use of convalescent plasma must meet the ethical principles of autonomy; such as voluntary, informed consent, and confidentiality. Consideration of the risk-benefit ratio for potential donor recipients also needs to be considered in order to meet the beneficence and non-maleficence principles. The principle of justice also needs to be applied both to donors, donor recipients and health workers, such as determining the priority of donor recipients, due to the increasing demand for convalescent plasma amid the limited circumstances of patients who have recovered from Covid-19 who voluntarily donate.

Indexed as

SARS-CoV-2AdolescentAdultAltruismBlood DonorsChildConfidentialityCOVID-19COVID-19 SerotherapyDonor SelectionHealth PersonnelHumansImmunization, PassiveInfectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-ProfessionalInformed ConsentPersonal AutonomyBioethical perspectiveConvalescent plasmaCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID33839300
PMCPMC8028602

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