Additive treatment considerations in COVID-19-The clinician's perspective on extracorporeal adjunctive purification techniques

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The aim of this document was to inform the scientific community of sparse preliminary results regarding advanced supportive therapies and technology-driven systems in addition to highlighting the benefits and possibilities of performing concise research during challenging times. Advanced organ support for lung and heart offers the possibility to buy the time needed for recovery. However, remaining a bridging strategy, extracorporeal life support cannot act as the ultimate treatment for the underlying COVID-19 disease. Appropriate patient selection criteria addressed by experts and scientific organizations, such as Extracorporeal Life Support Organization and World Health Organization, may provide significant help in the difficult decision-making and to reduce mortality in patients with profound respiratory and/or cardiac failure due to COVID-19. Severe, systemic cytokine-mediated inflammation associated with the SARS-CoV-2 has also been described. Effects of crosstalk between coagulation and inflammatory pathways appear to significantly affect disease progression and lead to poor outcomes. Multiple therapeutic strategies, including antibody therapies (such as Tocilizumab, Sarilumab, Siltuximab), therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE), and blood purification techniques for direct removal of cytokines, including filtration, dialysis (diffusion), and adsorption are available. Further, we believe, that research should be facilitated and promoted, particularly under the guidance of recognized scientific societies or expert-based multicenter investigation, with rapid communication of critical and relevant information to enhance better appraisal of patient profiles, complications, and treatment modalities.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Artificial organs - 44(2020), 9 vom: 03. Sept., Seite 918-925

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Swol, Justyna [VerfasserIn]
Lorusso, Roberto [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Cytokines
Editorial
I031V2H011
NU90V55F8I
Sarilumab
Siltuximab
T4H8FMA7IM
Tocilizumab

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Date Completed 01.12.2020

Date Revised 28.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/aor.13748

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310958822