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Most COVID Patients Treated With Convalescent Plasma Improve

A study at Houston Methodist Hospital shows most COVID-19 patients improve after being treated with blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients, known as convalescent plasma.

In the study, 25 severely ill COVID-19 patients were given convalescent plasma, resulting in 19 of the 25 patients — or 76% — showing improvement by the end of the study period. In addition, 11 of the patients were discharged from the hospital.

None of the patients suffered any adverse events as a result of plasma transfusion, researchers said.

 

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Becker’s Hospital News, June 4, 2020