Safety and Efficacy of Convalescent Plasma for Severe COVID-19: Interim Report of a Multicenter Phase II Study from Saudi Arabia
Nawal AlShehry1, Syed Ziauddin A Zaidi1, Ahmed AlAskar2, Abdurahman Al Odayani3, Jawaher Mubarak Alotaibi4, Ahmed AlSagheir5, Ayman Al-Eyadhy6, Saud Balelah7, Abdul Salam8, Abdul Rehman Zia Zaidi9, Diea Alawami10, Mohammed S Alshahrani11, Nour AlMozain12, Yem M Abulhamayel13, Reem Al Qunfoidi14, Mona Alfaraj15, Nahid Qushmaq16, Rehab Alansari17, Afra Dayel18, Ghada Elgohary19, Ahmed Al Bahrani20, Arwa A Nabhan Abdelhameed21, Hazza Abdullah AlZahrani22, Hanan Alturkistani23, Nada AlShehry24, Mohammed Abdulhameed Albalawi25, Ibrahim Elalfy26, Hind Alhumaidan27, Hani Al-Hashmi10
1 Department of Adult Hematology/BMT, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2 King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Heath Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 3 Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 4 Department of Infectious Diseases, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 5 Department of Hematology and Oncology, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia 6 Department of Pediatrics, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 7 Department of Medicine, King Fahad General Hospital, Madinah, Saudi Arabia 8 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia 9 Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University; Department of Medical Specialties, King Fahad Medical City; Research Center, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 10 Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia 11 Department of Emergency and Critical Care, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia 12 Department of Blood Bank, College of Medicine; Division of Hematology, Department of Pathology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 13 Department of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia 14 Department of Medicine, International Medical Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 15 Hematology Laboratory Section of Medical Laboratory Department, Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, Saudi Arabia 16 Department of Hematology, King Abdullah Medical Complex, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 17 Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, King Fahd Military Medical Complex, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia 18 Department of Hematopathology, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia 19 Division of Hematology, Department of Pathology, King Saud University; Oncology Center, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 20 Department of Transfusion Medicine and Stem Cell Processing, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia 21 Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia 22 Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 23 Department of Infectious Diseases, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia 24 Department of Infectious Diseases, Asir Central Hospital, Abha, Saudi Arabia 25 Department of Internal Medicine, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia 26 Department of Critical Care, Dammam Medical Complex, Dammam, Saudi Arabia 27 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Hani Al-Hashmi Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Amr Bin Thabet Street, Dammam 31444 Saudi Arabia
 DOI: 10.4103/sjmms.sjmms_731_20 PMID: 33519339
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