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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Evaluation of Convalescent Plasma in the Management of Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients (with No Detectable Neutralizing Antibodies Nab) in Kashmir, India.

Ahmed M E Elkhalifa, Showkat Ul Nabi, Naveed Nazir Shah, Khurshid Ahmad Dar, Syed Quibtiya, Showkeen Muzamil Bashir, Sofi Imtiyaz Ali, Syed Taifa, Iqra Hussain

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. 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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Ahmed M E ElkhalifaDepartment of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh 11673, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2660-5054
Showkat Ul NabiLarge Animal Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ethics & Jurisprudence, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences (FVSc) and Animal Husbandry (AH), Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultur-al Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar 190006, Jammu & Kash-mir, India.ORCID 0000-0001-9091-7696
Naveed Nazir ShahDepartment of Chest Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Srinagar 191202, Jammu & Kashmir, India.ORCID 0000-0002-9486-6715
Khurshid Ahmad DarDepartment of Chest Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Srinagar 191202, Jammu & Kashmir, India.
Syed QuibtiyaDepartment of General Surgery, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar 190011, Jammu & Kashmir, India.
Showkeen Muzamil BashirBiochemistry & Molecular Biology Lab, Division of Veterinary Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences (FVSc) and Animal Husbandry (AH), SKUAST-K, Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar 190006, Jammu & Kashmir, India.
Sofi Imtiyaz AliBiochemistry & Molecular Biology Lab, Division of Veterinary Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences (FVSc) and Animal Husbandry (AH), SKUAST-K, Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar 190006, Jammu & Kashmir, India.
Syed TaifaLarge Animal Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ethics & Jurisprudence, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences (FVSc) and Animal Husbandry (AH), Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultur-al Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar 190006, Jammu & Kash-mir, India.
Iqra HussainFoot and Mouth Laboratory, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Ethics & Jurisprudence, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences (FVSc) and Animal Husbandry (AH), SKUAST-K, Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar 190006, Jammu & Kashmir, India.

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Abstract

backgroundFor centuries, convalescent plasma (CP) has been recommended to treat a diverse set of viral diseases. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of CP in critically ill COVID-19 patients. METHODS AND MATERIALS: From 23 March 2021 to 29 December 2021, an open-label, prospective cohort, single-centre study was conducted at Chest Disease Hospital, Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar. Patients with severe manifestation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) under BST (best standard treatment) +CP were prospectively observed in order to evaluate effectiveness of CP therapy and historical control under BST were used as the control group Results: A total of 1667 patients were found positive for COVID-19. Of these, 873 (52.4%), 431 (28.8%), and 363 (21.8%) were moderately, severely, and critically ill, respectively. On 35th day post-infusion of CP, all-cause mortality was higher in the BST (best standard treatment) +CP group 12 (37.5%) compared to 127 (35%) in the BST group with an odds ratio (OR) of 1.4 and hazard ratio (HR) (95% CI: 1.08-1.79,

conclusionsIn the present study, we could not find any significant difference in the CP group and BST +CP in primary outcome of reducing all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with negligible Nabs levels. However, beneficial results were observed with use of CP in a limited number of secondary outcomes which includes days of hospitalization, negative conversion of SARS-CoV-2 on basis of RT-PCR on 7th day and 14th day, need for invasive mechanical ventilation on 14th day post-CP treatment, and resolution of shortness of breath.

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all-cause mortalitybest standard treatmentconvalescent plasmaCOVID-19historical controloxygen saturation

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PMCPMC9914564

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