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ArticleJournal of laboratory physicians2021

Reviewing the Ethical Concerns of the Convalescent Plasma Therapy in COVID-19.

Manish Raturi, Mansi Kala, Kunal Das, Anuradha Kusum

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Article in Journal of laboratory physicians, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. COVID-19convalescent plasma use in the oncology and geriatric patients: Ethical aspects in transfusion medicine.Transfusion clinique et biologique : journal de la Societe francaise de transfusion sanguine · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Manish RaturiDepartment of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.ORCID 0000-0001-7880-7988
Mansi KalaDepartment of Pathology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Kunal DasDepartment of Pediatrics; Division of Pediatric Oncology and BMT, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Anuradha KusumDepartment of Pathology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The understanding of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is evolving periodically. There is also a marked increase in COVID-19 patients' demand for the provision of COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) therapy. With the review of the literature, the stage of speculation is quickly moving towards conformity, with the interim guidelines given by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States, United Kingdom's blood transfusion services, Saudi's FDA, and the Indian Council for Medical Research, in addition to the European health authorities. It is prudent to address the ethical concerns that merit consideration while harvesting and utilizing CCP as a therapeutic tool in local hospital setting.

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asymptomatic carriersblood donationblood safetyblood transfusion servicesconvalescent plasmaCOVID-19ethical concernsregular screening

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PMID34054244
PMCPMC8154358

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