Rationales for using JAK 1/2 inhibitors in severely afflicted patients with COVID-19 pneumonia

Severely afflicted patients with the COVID-19 may become in need of mechanical ventilation. The cause of acute respiratory failure is a massive hyperinflammation in the lungs, and treatment with glucocorticoids is not recommended by the WHO. A rare haematological disease, the virus-associated haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis syndrome (HLS), is associated with high mortality and a similar hyperinflammation syndrome. Janus kinase (JAK) 1/2 inhibitor treatment is highly efficacious in HLS. In this review, we discuss the rationales and perspectives for using JAK1/2 inhibitors in severely afflicted patients with COVID-19 pneumonia.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:182

Enthalten in:

Ugeskrift for laeger - 182(2020), 25 vom: 15. Juni

Sprache:

Dänisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hasselbalch, Hans Carl [VerfasserIn]
Poulsen, Anne [VerfasserIn]
Skov, Vibe [VerfasserIn]
Kjær, Lasse [VerfasserIn]
Nielsen, Claus Henrik [VerfasserIn]
Poulsen, Troesl Dirch [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Janus Kinase Inhibitors
Journal Article
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 14.07.2020

Date Revised 18.12.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311630995