A single center cohort of 40 severe COVID-19 patients who were treated with convalescent plasma
Author(s) -
Aliihsan Gemici,
Hülya Bilgen,
Cem Erdoğan,
Abdullah Kansu,
Oktay Olmuşçelik,
Hüseyin Saffet Beköz,
Rümeysa Çakmak,
Ali Mert,
Ömür Gökmen Sevindik
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-2009-77
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , mechanical ventilation , demographics , single center , cohort , guideline , retrospective cohort study , pathology , demography , disease , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
A SARS-Cov2 infection which was first arised from Wuhan in December 2019 and named as COVID-19. Still there lacks either a specific treatment or a vaccine to treat COVID-19. Convalescent plasma (CP) was previously used successfully to treat SARS-CoV-1 and MERS infections. Health authority in Turkey has published a guideline to integrate this promising option in the treatment process of patients who are prone to high risk of developing severe COVID 19.
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