Exploring the multifocal therapeutic approaches in COVID-19 : A ray of hope

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The ongoing global pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is marked as one of the most challenging infectious diseases in the history of mankind with affliction of ~29,737,453 confirmed cases globally. Looking at the present scenario where there is a parallel increment in curve with time, there is an utmost emergency to discover a perennial solution to this life-threatening virus which has led the Human race in an unusual state of affair. The entire health care fraternity is engaged in endeavouring an ultimate way out to hit this pandemic but no such research made till now has been approved yet, to have the potential to bring an end to this fatal situation. Although a few possible treatment choices exist at the moment yet the requirement to search for a still better therapeutic option remains persistent. Global laboratories are working day and night in search for an effective vaccine, many are undergoing clinical trials but their commercialization is no less than a year away. The present review highlights the current potential therapies viz., vaccines, immunotherapies, convulsant plasma therapies, corticosteroids, antithrombotic, intravenous immunoglobulins, nocturnal oxygen therapy etc. that may prove beneficial in attenuating the pandemic situation. However, comparison and presentation of collective data on the therapeutic advancements in mitigating the pandemic situation needs further clinical investigations in order to prove boon to mankind.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:90

Enthalten in:

International immunopharmacology - 90(2021) vom: 11. Jan., Seite 107156

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kumar, Arun [VerfasserIn]
Dey, Asmita Deka [VerfasserIn]
Behl, Tapan [VerfasserIn]
Chadha, Swati [VerfasserIn]
Aggarwal, Vishal [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Anticoagulants
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Effective therapies
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Journal Article
Radiotherapy
Review
Safety
Vaccines

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Date Completed 28.01.2021

Date Revised 21.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.intimp.2020.107156

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317570315