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Adel A. Aljatham
Adult Hematology Department, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Case Report
Convalescent Plasma for Critically-ill COVID-19 Patients
Author(s): Adel A. Aljatham*, Waleed T. Hashim, Mohamad A. Almashiakhi, Abdulrahman M. Alharthy, Faisal A. Alaklobi, Mohammed Adam, Assem A. Elghazaly, Ahmed F. Mady, Daood S. Asad, Hala Aamr, Alaa H. Alali, Juhaina Abdlraheem, Muhned S. Alhumaid, Mohammed A. Aljatham and Khalid I. Zawbaee
Background and aim: Convalescent Plasma (CP) was early and successfully used in management of COVID-19 infection. This report aimed to document our experience with use of CP in two critically-ill COVID-19 patients. Main findings: Patients presented with fever, dry cough and difficulty of breathing with reduced oxygen saturation, massive radiological lung involvement and deteriorated Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) Score. Use of two sessions of CP resulted in marked improvement of radiological and/or pulmonary findings. Both patients died of septic shock or thromboembolic events. Conclusion: Use of CP may be associated with radiological and clinical improvement in critically-ill patients. However, it’s not related to better survival if used in late stages of the disease... View more»