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Contrary to popular belief, blood plasma therapy doesn't help seriously ill Covid patientsIn intubation, a tube is inserted into the windpipe to make it easier to breath.- India drops plasma therapy from COVID-19 management guidelinesExperts at the ICMR had been reviewing the available data and had not found any benefit. “The recovery trial document was examined and show...
- Plasma therapy may be dropped from Covid care protocolAn updated advisory is likely this week on the use of plasma therapy. At present, plasma therapy is an investigational therapy permitted “o...
- ICMR to review use of plasma therapy in Covid treatmentAt present, plasma therapy is an investigational therapy permitted “off label” — meaning, for use outside trial settings. However, ICMR’s o...
- Over 2,000 patients benefited from plasma therapy in Delhi, says Health Minister JainThe first plasma bank was opened on July 2 by Chief Minster Arvind Kejriwal at the state-run Institute of Liver and Biliary Science (ILBS) ...
- Convalescent plasma therapy on Covid patients not helpful in reducing mortality: ICMR studyThe development has the potential to disrupt the existing CV programmes in India. India particularly has gone big on promoting plasma thera...
- No benefit of plasma therapy in reducing COVID-19 mortality risk, says AIIMS trial interim analysisDuring the trial, one group of patients was given convalescent plasma therapy along with the standard supportive treatment while the other ...
- Plasma therapy not promising in initial trials: ICMR officialsICMR had in April sought participation in the randomised controlled study to assess the safety and efficacy of plasma therapy. While the st...
- Maharashtra CM launches world's largest convalescent plasma projectThe project, titled 'Platina', is the largest convalescent plasma therapy-cum-trial project in the world.
- Shortage of donors impacts use of plasma therapyAn initiative to try plasma therapy on critically ill Covid-19 patients has hit a snag due to severe shortage of plasma donors as newly rec...
- Bengaluru's second patient treated with plasma therapy recoversThe city reported the first case of recovery of a Covid-19 patient who was administered convalescent plasma therapy at Victoria Hospital.
- Use of plasma therapy successful, claims Pune hospitalConvalescent Plasma Therapy is an experimental procedure where plasma from the blood of a recovered COVID-19 patient is transfused to a cri...
- Plasma therapy 'no magic bullet' against COVID-19; Need large-scale trials to prove efficacy: ExpertsThe therapy involves taking antibodies from the blood of a person who has recovered from COVID-19 and transfusing those antibodies into an ...
- COVID-19: Won't stop clinical trials of plasma therapy as initial results are good, says Arvind Kejriwal“We are conducting 2300 COVID-19 tests per 1 million people in Delhi,” he said further.
- Convalescent plasma therapy can create life-threatening complications: Govt"ICMR has launched a national-level study to study efficacy of plasma therapy in treatment of COVID 19,"said Lav Agarwal.
- Initial results of plasma therapy trial conducted on 4 COVID-19 patients encouraging: KejriwalAddressing an online media briefing, Kejriwal said the government will conduct more clinical trials of plasma therapy in the next two-three...
- Bengaluru’s HCG hospital gets nod for plasma therapy clinical trialsThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), under the health ministry, approved the proposal after the Indian Council of Medic...
- Delhi patient responding well to plasma therapy, says hospitalThe 49-year-old male patient from Delhi, who had tested positive for coronavirus infection on April 4, has shown “progressive improvement”,...
- Punjab govt gives nod to plasma therapy to treat COVID-19 patientThe Punjab government has given its go-ahead to the hospital to conduct plasma therapy on Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Ludhiana,...
- Convalescent Plasma Therapy holds promise for Covid-19 patientsIn Convalescent Plasma Therapy, plasma from a COVID-19 recovered patient is transfused into an infected patient. The antibodies present in ...
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