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Blood Plasma Therapy Doesn't Help Seriously Ill COVID-19 Patients: Study
Convalescent plasma does not reduce the risk of intubation or death in COVID-19 patients, according to a study which found that people receiving the therapy experienced more serious adverse events than those getting standard care.
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COVID-19 Plasma Therapy Shows Little Benefit In Patients In India, Study Finds
Convalescent plasma therapy, which uses the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients as a potential treatment, has shown limited effect in reducing the progression to severe disease or death in a trial conducted in India, scientists say.
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US Approves Plasma Therapy To Help Treat Coronavirus
American authorities announced on Sunday an emergency approval of blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients as a treatment against the disease that has killed over 176,000 in the US.
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West Bengal To Start Plasma Therapy To Treat COVID-19 Patients
West Bengal has taken a major step towards starting plasma therapy to treat COVID-19 patients after a state-run hospital collected and preserved the blood component from a woman who recovered from the disease in March, a senior official of the health department said on Thursday.
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Fraudsters Offer Blood Plasma As "Miracle Cure" For COVID-19 On Dark Net
Cyber racketeers are duping people by offering to sell blood plasma of recovered COVID-19 patients, advertising it as a miracle cure for coronavirus infection, a senior police official said on Saturday.
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First COVID-19 +ve UP Doctor Donates Plasma After Recovery, Makes Appeal
A doctor at Lucknow's prestigious King George's Medical University, who recently recovered from COVID-19, has donated his blood for plasma therapy on other seriously ill coronavirus patients and has also appealed to other patients who have recovered to come forward and help.
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"Only The Pain Of Needle Prick": COVID-19 Plasma Donors Share Experience
The process of donating plasma to treat COVID-19 is not very complex and can be done in just two hours, a donor in Delhi has told NDTV. One of the most discussed methods of treatment of the diseased caused by the novel coronavirus is plasma therapy, which involves the transfusion of plasma from a convalescent coronavirus patient to a critical patie...
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Plasma Therapy For COVID-19: A Possible Treatment For Coronavirus?
Plasma therapy: The convalescent plasma therapy aims at using antibodies from the blood of a recovered COVID-19 patient, to treat those who are critically ill after being infected with the virus.
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COVID-19: India In Final Stages Of Framing Protocols For Clinical Trial Of Plasma Therapy
India is in the final stages of framing a protocol for conducting clinical trial for convalescent plasma therapy, which uses antibodies from the blood of cured patients, to treat severely-ill COVID-19 patients, a senior ICMR official said.
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Kerala Awaiting Drug Controller's Nod For COVID-19 Plasma Therapy
Kerala has got the crucial approval from the Indian Council of Medical Research for testing plasma transfusion as a mode of treatment for critical COVID-19 patients in the state. The multi-centre trials, however, are still awaiting permissions from the Drug Controller of India, since this involves relaxation in blood donation norms.
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Blood Plasma Therapy Doesn't Help Seriously Ill COVID-19 Patients: Study
Convalescent plasma does not reduce the risk of intubation or death in COVID-19 patients, according to a study which found that people receiving the therapy experienced more serious adverse events than those getting standard care.
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COVID-19 Plasma Therapy Shows Little Benefit In Patients In India, Study Finds
Convalescent plasma therapy, which uses the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients as a potential treatment, has shown limited effect in reducing the progression to severe disease or death in a trial conducted in India, scientists say.
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US Approves Plasma Therapy To Help Treat Coronavirus
American authorities announced on Sunday an emergency approval of blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients as a treatment against the disease that has killed over 176,000 in the US.
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West Bengal To Start Plasma Therapy To Treat COVID-19 Patients
West Bengal has taken a major step towards starting plasma therapy to treat COVID-19 patients after a state-run hospital collected and preserved the blood component from a woman who recovered from the disease in March, a senior official of the health department said on Thursday.
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Fraudsters Offer Blood Plasma As "Miracle Cure" For COVID-19 On Dark Net
Cyber racketeers are duping people by offering to sell blood plasma of recovered COVID-19 patients, advertising it as a miracle cure for coronavirus infection, a senior police official said on Saturday.
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First COVID-19 +ve UP Doctor Donates Plasma After Recovery, Makes Appeal
A doctor at Lucknow's prestigious King George's Medical University, who recently recovered from COVID-19, has donated his blood for plasma therapy on other seriously ill coronavirus patients and has also appealed to other patients who have recovered to come forward and help.
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"Only The Pain Of Needle Prick": COVID-19 Plasma Donors Share Experience
The process of donating plasma to treat COVID-19 is not very complex and can be done in just two hours, a donor in Delhi has told NDTV. One of the most discussed methods of treatment of the diseased caused by the novel coronavirus is plasma therapy, which involves the transfusion of plasma from a convalescent coronavirus patient to a critical patie...
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Plasma Therapy For COVID-19: A Possible Treatment For Coronavirus?
Plasma therapy: The convalescent plasma therapy aims at using antibodies from the blood of a recovered COVID-19 patient, to treat those who are critically ill after being infected with the virus.
-
COVID-19: India In Final Stages Of Framing Protocols For Clinical Trial Of Plasma Therapy
India is in the final stages of framing a protocol for conducting clinical trial for convalescent plasma therapy, which uses antibodies from the blood of cured patients, to treat severely-ill COVID-19 patients, a senior ICMR official said.
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Kerala Awaiting Drug Controller's Nod For COVID-19 Plasma Therapy
Kerala has got the crucial approval from the Indian Council of Medical Research for testing plasma transfusion as a mode of treatment for critical COVID-19 patients in the state. The multi-centre trials, however, are still awaiting permissions from the Drug Controller of India, since this involves relaxation in blood donation norms.
