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octoberlib

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14. I'm guessing that doctors were throwing

Reply to emmaverybo (Reply #8)

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 05:08 AM

Mar 2020

everything at patients in hopes that it would work and when it didn’t tried plasma. Off of these results Mt Sinai is starting an RCT so would should get a better idea of how well this works.

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Treatment of 5 critically ill COVID patients with convalescent plasma (JAMA) [View all] octoberlib Mar 2020 OP

This badseedboy Mar 2020 #1

Only the rich will get this treatment... FarPoint Mar 2020 #2

Due to privacy considerations thye cannot release the names of the patients so we really totodeinhere Mar 2020 #9

Of course it will be extremely expensive to purchase... even though it would be cheap to produce ck4829 Mar 2020 #16

:) Now, now. That's as realistic as saying no rich people will get it, Hortensis Mar 2020 #19

But it's something! BComplex Mar 2020 #3

Trump could mandate the production...... FarPoint Mar 2020 #4

Now if we only knew who had the virus and recovered. Lochloosa Mar 2020 #5

Hopefully, they can refine that into a cure! Wednesdays Mar 2020 #6

So, no useful conclusion. Jirel Mar 2020 #7

We could use some good news and the fact that those patients are doing better is good news. n/t totodeinhere Mar 2020 #10

This is preliminary. Encouraging results mean they can move on to a clinical trial octoberlib Mar 2020 #11

not true about control groups drmeow Mar 2020 #17

Yeah, you can't have a control group testing for a cure for a fatal disease... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #18

:) Publication in JAMA suggests it is of interest to professionals, Hortensis Mar 2020 #21

They were all also treated with anti-virals and prednisone. It was NOT a randomized control study. emmaverybo Mar 2020 #8

I'm guessing that doctors were throwing octoberlib Mar 2020 #14

Ah. Good. emmaverybo Mar 2020 #15

Kick pat_k Mar 2020 #12

My understanding this technique was used in 1918 pandemic too uponit7771 Mar 2020 #13

Not even a new treatment, though new antibodies, trials, etc., Hortensis Mar 2020 #20