Ther Apher Dial The Application Of Plasmapheresis For Covid-19 Patients

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Ther Apher Dial


. 2020 Jun 8.
doi: 10.1111/1744-9987.13536. Online ahead of print.
The Application Of Plasmapheresis For Covid-19 Patients


Atakan Turgutkaya ¹ , Irfan Yavasoglu ¹ , Zahit Bolaman ¹



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• PMID: 32510799
• DOI: 10.1111/1744-9987.13536

Abstract

Coronaviruses are known human and animal pathogens, but a novel type of coronavirus, designated as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2) is defined by World Health Organisation(WHO).This novel type has created a pandemia throughout the world most notably causing death owing to pneumonia.Nowadays the entire world is searching the curative treatment but outcomes are discouraging for intensive care critical patients. In this article we'd like to highlight that plasmapheresis,although it' s an unproven strategy, could be a useful approach by the mechanism of alleviating the cytokine storm and decreasing the viral load. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Keywords: Covid 19; Plasmapheresis; cytokine; pneumonia.