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02 December 2020: Clinical Research

A Retrospective Study on the Effects of Convalescent Plasma Therapy in 24 Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19 Pneumonia in February and March 2020 at 2 Centers in Wuhan, China

Shuang Huang C* , Changxin Shen B* , Chengliang Xia F , Xiaoxing Huang C , Yourong Fu A , Li Tian E*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.928755

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e928755

Table 2 Other supportive treatments given to the 24 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia who were treated with COVID-19 convalescent plasma during February and March 2020 at 2 centers in Wuhan, China.

Patient no.Respiratory supportAntiviral therapyAntibiotics or antifungal therapyCorticosteroids therapy
1IPPVArbidol 0.2 g q8h po.Tigecycline i.v., polymyxin B i.v.None
2HFNC+NPPVLopinavir and Ritonavir Tablets (Take 3 tablets twice a day)Cefoperazone Sodium and Sulbactam Sodium i.v., polymyxin B i.v. Voriconazole i.v.Methylprednisolone i.v.
3HFNC+NPPVArbidol 0.2 g q8h po.Moxifloxacin i.v., Voriconazole i.v.Methylprednisolone i.v.
4IPPV+ECMOArbidol 0.2 g q8h po.Imipenem i.v., Linezolid i.v.None
5HFNCArbidol 0.2 g q8h po.IFN-α 500 MIU qd inh.Moxifloxacin i.v., Cefoperazone Sodium and Sulbactam Sodium i.v.Methylprednisolone i.v.
6IPPV+ECMOArbidol 0.2 g q8h po.Imipenem-Sitastatin Sodium i.v., Cefoperazone Sodium and Sulbactam Sodium i.v., Caspofungin i.v.None
7HFNCLopinavir and Ritonavir Tablets (Take 3 tablets twice a day)Moxiflxacin i.v., Imipenem-Sitastatin Sodium i.v.Methylprednisolone i.v.
8HFNCArbidol 0.2 g q8h po.Imipenem-Sitastatin Sodium i.v., Cefoperazone Sodium and Sulbactam Sodium i.v.Methylprednisolone i.v.
9IPPVArbidol 0.2 g q8h po.Levofloxaxin i.v., Cefoperazone Sodium and Sulbactam Sodium i.v., Moxiflxacin i.v.None
10IPPVArbidol 0.2 g q8h po.Moxiflxacin i.v., Imipenem i.v., Linezolid i.v.None
11IPPVArbidol 0.2 g q8h po.Ribavirin 0.5 g qd i.v.Moxiflxacin i.v., Cefoperazone Sodium and Sulbactam Sodium i.v.Methylprednisolone i.v.
12HFNCArbidol 0.2 g q8h po.Moxiflxacin i.v., Cefoperazone Sodium and Sulbactam Sodium i.v.None
13LFNCRibavirin 0.5 g qd i.v.IFN-α 500 MIU qd inh.Moxiflxacin i.v., Levofloxaxin i.v.Methylprednisolone i.v.
14IPPV+ECMORibavirin 0.5 g qd i.v.Imipenem-Sitastatin Sodium i.v., Linezolid i.v.Methylprednisolone i.v.
15HFNCArbidol 0.2 g q8h po.IFN-α 500MIU qd inh.Moxiflxacin i.v., Cefoperazone Sodium and Sulbactam Sodium i.v.Methylprednisolone i.v.
16IPPV+ECMOArbidol 0.2 g q8h po.Moxiflxacin i.v., Imipenem i.v., Tigecycline i.v.Methylprednisolone i.v.
17HFNCArbidol 0.2 g q8h po.Moxiflxacin i.v.None
18LFNCArbidol 0.2 g q8h po.Lopinavir and Ritonavir Tablets (Take 3 tablets twice a day)Piperacillin Sodium and Tazobactam Sodium i.v.Methylprednisolone i.v.
19LFNCArbidol 0.2 g q8h po.Moxiflxacin i.v.Methylprednisolone i.v.
20HFNCRibavirin 0.5 g qd i.v.Moxiflxacin i.v., Imipenem-Sitastatin Sodium i.v.None
21IPPVArbidol 0.2 g q8h po.Tegacycline i.v., Imipenem i.v.None
22HFNCArbidol 0.2 g q8h po.Ribavirin 0.5 g qd i.v.IFN-α 500MIU qd inh.Moxiflxacin i.v., Imipenem-Sitastatin Sodium i.v.Methylprednisolone i.v.
23HFNCLopinavir and Ritonavir Tablets (Take 3 tablets twice a day)Piperacillin Sodium and Tazobactam Sodium i.v.None
24HFNCArbidol 0.2 g q8h po.Moxiflxacin i.v.None
IPPV – Intermittent positive pressure ventilation; HFNC – high-flow nasal cannula; NPPV – noninvasive positive pressure ventilation; ECMO – extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; LFNC – low-flow nasal cannula; q8h – every 8 h; po. – per os; MIU – million IU; qd – every day; inh. – inhalation; i.v. – injection.

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