Effect of Convalescent Plasma Therapy on Time to Clinical Improvement in Patients With Severe and Life-threatening COVID-19
MD Ling Li, PhD Wei Zhang, MD Yu Hu, PhD Xunliang Tong, PhD Shangen Zheng, MD Juntao Yang, PhD Yujie Kong, MD Lili Ren, PhD Qing Wei, MD Heng Mei, PhD Caiying Hu, MD Cuihua Tao, MD Ru Yang, MD Jue Wang, MD Yongpei Yu, PhD; Yong Guo, Xiaoxiong Wu, MD Zhihua Xu, MD Li Zeng, MD Nian Xiong, Lifeng Chen, MD Juan Wang, MD Ning Man, MD Yu Liu, PhD Haixia Xu, E Deng, MS Xuejun Zhang, MS Chenyue Li, MD Conghui Wang, PhD Shisheng Su, PhD Linqi Zhang, PhD Jianwei Wang, PhD Yanyun Wu, PhD Zhong Liu
JAMA, doi:10.1001/jama.2020.10044
IMPORTANCE Convalescent plasma is a potential therapeutic option for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but further data from randomized clinical trials are needed. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and adverse effects of convalescent plasma therapy for patients with COVID-19.
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