《MedRxiv,4月15日,(第3版更新)The potential of low molecular weight heparin to mitigate cytokine storm in severe COVID-19 patients: a retrospective clinical study》

  • 来源专题:COVID-19科研动态监测
  • 编译者: zhangmin
  • 发布时间:2020-04-16
  • The potential of low molecular weight heparin to mitigate cytokine storm in severe COVID-19 patients: a retrospective clinical study

    CHEN SHI, CONG WANG, HANXIANG WANG, CHAO YANG, FEI CAI, FANG ZENG, FANG CHENG, YIHUI LIU, TAOTAO ZHOU, BIN DENG, Israel Vlodavsky, JINPING LI, YU ZHANG

    doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.28.20046144

    Abstract

    Background On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared its assessment of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. However, specific antiviral drugs are still unavailable, and pateints are managed by multiple complementary treatments. Methods The electronic medical records of COVID-19 patients where basic information, complete blood count, coagulation profile, inflammatory cytokines and serum biochemical indicators in 42 patients with COVID-19 (21 of whom were treated with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), and 21 without LMWH) that were retrospectively analyzed to compare and evaluate the effect of LMWH treatment on disease progression. Findings 42 patients with COVID-19 treated at the hospital between February 1 and March 15, 2020, were selected for the study, of which 21 underwent LMWH treatment (LMWH group), and 21 did not (Control), during hospitalization. Changes in the percentage of lymphocytes in the LMWH group before and after LMWH treatment were significantly different from those in the control group (p=0.011, respectively).

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  • 原文来源:https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.28.20046144v3
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