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. 2020 Aug 6;136(6):759-762.
doi: 10.1182/blood.2020006964.

Use of convalescent plasma in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: case series

Livia Hegerova  1 , Ted A Gooley  2 , Kelly A Sweerus  3 , Cynthia Maree  4 , Neil Bailey  1 , Megumi Bailey  1 , Vanessa Dunleavy  1 , Krish Patel  1 , Kirsten Alcorn  5 , Rebecca Haley  5 , Jill M Johnsen  5   6 , Barbara A Konkle  5   6 , Annamarie C Lahti  7 , Morgan L Alexander  7 , Jason D Goldman  4 , Anne Lipke  3 , Sun-Jung Lim  3 , Mark D Sullivan  3 , John S Pauk  4 , John M Pagel  1
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Use of convalescent plasma in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: case series

Livia Hegerova et al. Blood. .

Abstract

Publisher's Note: There is a Blood Commentary on this article in this issue.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict-of-interest disclosure: The authors declare no competing financial interests.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Serial change in laboratory and clinical parameters in CP and control patients. Solid lines represent a smoothing spline through the observed data points. CRP, C-reactive protein; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure; P/F, Pao2/FiO2.
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