Convalescent plasma to treat critically ill patients with COVID-19: framing the need for randomised clinical trials
Crit Care
.
2020 Jul 20;24(1):449.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03163-3.
Authors
Manu Shankar-Hari
1
2
,
Lise Estcourt
3
4
,
Heli Harvala
5
6
,
David Roberts
3
4
,
David K Menon
7
;
United Kingdom SARS-CoV-2 Convalescent Plasma Evaluation (SCoPE) Consortium
Collaborators
United Kingdom SARS-CoV-2 Convalescent Plasma Evaluation (SCoPE) Consortium
:
Manu Shankar-Hari
,
Lise Estcourt
,
Heli Harvala
,
David Roberts
,
David K Menon
Affiliations
1
School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, Kings College London, 5th Floor, Southwark Wing, London, SE1 9RT, UK.
[email protected]
.
2
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, ICU Support Offices, 1st Floor, East Wing, St Thomas' Hospital, London, SE1 7EH, UK.
[email protected]
.
3
NHS Blood and Transplant, Level 2, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9BQ, UK.
4
Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
5
National Microbiology Services, NHS Blood and Transplant, Charcot Road, Colindale, NW9 5BG, UK.
6
Division of Infection and Immunity, University College of London, London, WC1E 6JF, UK.
7
Division of Anaesthesia, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Box 93, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0NUI, UK.
PMID:
32690059
PMCID:
PMC7370253
DOI:
10.1186/s13054-020-03163-3
No abstract available
Publication types
Editorial
MeSH terms
COVID-19
COVID-19 Serotherapy
Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
Critical Illness
Humans
Immunization, Passive
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic