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02/Feb/2022
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2022RC6550
ABSTRACT The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is responsible for the current worldwide pandemic. Treatment and prophylaxis are still under investigation. Convalescent plasma therapy could be an alternative. We report a case of a 41-year-old patient, at 28 weeks of gestation, was hospitalized with COVID-19. On the 10th day after onset of symptoms, the clinical picture worsened, and she required high-flow oxygen therapy (30L/minute), with 92% oxygen saturation, and chest X-ray showing mild bilateral opacities at lung bases. Blood tests showed […]
Keywords: Antibodies, neutralizing; Convalescent plasma; Coronavirus infections; COVID-19; Plasma; Pregnancy; Pregnancy complications, infectious
09/Apr/2021
09/Apr/2021
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2021RW6186
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to highlight the global scientific effort to fight the SARS-CoV-2, addressing the preliminary results of passive immunization through convalescent plasma. We performed a search at the major databases of interventional clinical trial protocols about the transfusion of convalescent plasma in patients with COVID-19, as well as, published articles (n≥25), using the following search strategy: [(COVID-19 OR SARS-CoV-2 OR nCoV-2019) AND (Convalescent plasma OR Plasma exchange) AND (Treatment OR Therapy)]. A total of 24 […]
Keywords: Betacoronavirus; Convalescent plasma; Coronavirus infections; COVID-19; Immunization; Immunization, passive; Plasma; SARS-CoV-2