Index – Science – After five days, a patient treated for the first time with plasma therapy was removed from the ventilator

The condition of patients who were among the first to receive plasma therapy at home is improving, but effective only on a subset of patients, said István Vályi-Nagy, General Director of the Central Hospital of Plagas del Sur a In an interview with Hvg.hu.

István Vályi-Nagy

Photo: Tamás Kovács / MTI

The interview revealed that

• both patients are in the intensive care unit. One of them has recovered, the other, the older patient is fine, but only now is he beginning to wake up from deep anesthesia.
• The first patient with chronic kidney disease received treatment in installments late last week. He was successfully removed from the plane after five days. The other patient received plasma therapy a few days ago, stabilized and improved. She was in a more serious condition because she was old.
• The ventilation period is significantly shortened in both plasma-treated patients and those receiving innovative drug therapy.
• Other similar treatments are planned.
• Plasma can be removed 2-3 times from cured patients with a good immune response.
• Generally, patients between the ages of 18 and 60 who have healed are asked to donate, but sometimes they can go up to 70 years for those who do not have a comorbidity and are in good general condition.
• The nation’s medical director has a database of those recovered, and has already sent letters to more than 300 potential donors, many of whom have also requested.
• Currently, plasma therapy is used only in patients with severe and critical conditions, and a basic requirement is that the donor and the patient’s blood type match. Another important consideration is that only plasmas with the appropriate antibody levels are suitable for administration.
• Immune substances appear approximately 2-3 weeks after infection, at the earliest after two weeks, but preferably after three weeks.