Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
Keywords
COVID-19, Sars-cov-2, Convalescent Plasma, Thromboembolic Event, Thrombotic Events
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.3390/covid2010001
Abstract
Recently, it was reported that near-sourced COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CP) is more efficient than distantly sourced CP. What was left behind in this analysis is the investigation of the possible causes of mortality associated with the CP transfusion itself. Knowing this information is important for determining whether not receiving CP of near source is the main cause of high rate of death in the group of patients who received distantly sourced CP. We argue that the thrombotic and thromboembolic events may act as risk factors for adverse complications and death associated with CP transfusion. Therefore, they have to be considered and carefully accounted for in population studies as they can affect the CP safety profiles and change the interpretation of the cause of death in the studied groups.
Rights Information
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
COVID, v. 2, issue 1, p. 1-4
Scholar Commons Citation
Elrashdy, Fatma; Redwan, Elrashdy M.; and Uversky, Vladimir N., "On the Safety of the COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Treatment: Thrombotic and Thromboembolic Concerns" (2021). Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications. 988.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mme_facpub/988
