SARS
Convalescent plasma therapy shortens hospitalization stays of SARS patients
Published in Immunotherapy Weekly, April 6th, 2005
According to recent research published in the European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, "In order to evaluate the efficacy of convalescent plasma therapy in the treatment of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), 80 SARS patients were given convalescent plasma at Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, between 20 March and 26 May 2003."
"Good outcome was defined as discharge by day 22 following the onset of SARS symptoms. Poor outcome was defined as death or hospitalization beyond 22 days," wrote Y. Cheng and coworkers at the...
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