Potential effect of blood purification therapy in reducing cytokine storm as a late complication of critically ill COVID-19

Clin Immunol. 2020 May:214:108408. doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2020.108408. Epub 2020 Apr 1.

¹ Department of Nephrology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
² Department of Infectious Disease, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
⁴ Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
⁶ Department of Nephrology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. Electronic address: qinyanbeijing@126.com.

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Keywords: Blood purification; Critically ill COVID-19; Cytokine storm; IL-6; Plasma exchange.

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