Convalescent plasma therapy in COVID-19: Unravelling the data using the principles of antibody therapy

A Casadevall, MJ Joyner, LA Pirofski… - Expert review of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction When the COVID-19 pandemic struck no specific therapies were available and
many turned to COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP), a form of antibody therapy. The …

Uncertainties about the roles of anticoagulation and microclots in post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection

JM Connors, RAS Ariëns - Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2023 - Elsevier
Three years after the start of the pandemic, approaches to the prevention and treatment of
acute Covid-19 have been established. However, post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 …

Individualized treatment effects of oxygen targets in mechanically ventilated critically ill adults

KG Buell, AB Spicer, JD Casey, KP Seitz, ET Qian… - JAMA, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Among critically ill adults, randomized trials have not found oxygenation targets
to affect outcomes overall. Whether the effects of oxygenation targets differ based on an …

[HTML][HTML] Sepsis–it is all about the platelets

D Cox - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Sepsis is accompanied by thrombocytopenia and the severity of the thrombocytopenia is
associated with mortality. This thrombocytopenia is characteristic of disseminated …

Toward personalizing care: assessing heterogeneity of treatment effects in randomized trials

IJ Dahabreh, DS Kazi - JAMA, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Clinicians know that individual patients may respond differently to a given treatment and that
the overall treatment effect reported in a randomized trial of the treatment may not be directly …

[HTML][HTML] 2023 ISTH update of the 2022 ISTH guidelines for antithrombotic treatment in COVID-19

S Schulman, DM Arnold, CA Bradbury… - Journal of thrombosis …, 2024 - Elsevier
Based on emerging evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Society on
Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) guidelines for antithrombotic treatment in COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Extending the 'host response'paradigm from sepsis to cardiogenic shock: evidence, limitations and opportunities

M Buckel, P Maclean, JC Knight, PR Lawler… - Critical Care, 2023 - Springer
Recent clinical and research efforts in cardiogenic shock (CS) have largely focussed on the
restoration of the low cardiac output state that is the conditio sine qua non of the clinical …

[HTML][HTML] The role of macrophages-mediated communications among cell compositions of tumor microenvironment in cancer progression

M Li, P Jiang, S Wei, J Wang, C Li - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Recent studies have revealed that tumor-associated macrophages are the most abundant
stromal cells in the tumor microenvironment and play an important role in tumor initiation …

Differential Treatment Effects of Subgroup Analyses in Phase 3 Oncology Trials From 2004 to 2020

AD Sherry, AW Hahn, ZR McCaw… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Subgroup analyses are often performed in oncology to investigate differential
treatment effects and may even constitute the basis for regulatory approvals. Current …

[HTML][HTML] A Focused Review of the Initial Management of Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

A Motes, T Singh, N Vinan Vega, K Nugent - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023 - mdpi.com
At present, the management of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
largely focuses on ventilator settings to limit intrathoracic pressures by using low tidal …