Clinical effectiveness of convalescent plasma in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Roberto Ariel Abeldaño ZuñigaRuth Ana María González-VilloriaMaría Vanesa ElizondoAnel Yaneli Nicolás OsorioDavid Gómez MartínezSilvia Mercedes Coca

Published in: Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease (2021)

Current results led to assume that the convalescent plasma transfusion cannot reduce the mortality or ventilation requirement in hospitalized patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection. More controlled clinical trials conducted with methodologies that ensure a low risk of bias are still needed.The reviews of this paper are available via the supplemental material section.

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