Potential effect of blood purification therapy in reducing cytokine storm as a late complication of critically ill COVID-19

Clin Immunol. 2020 May:214:108408. doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2020.108408. Epub 2020 Apr 1.
No abstract available

Keywords: Blood purification; Critically ill COVID-19; Cytokine storm; IL-6; Plasma exchange.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • China
  • Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
  • Cytokines / immunology*
  • Hemofiltration*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics
  • Plasma Exchange*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • Cytokines