Does Tocilizumab Influence the Outcome of Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia Compared to the Standard Therapy? Retrospective Analysis of Data Obtained during Phase I COVID Pandemic
Abstract:BACKGROUND: No gold standard therapy was approved globally for COVID-19 pneumonia to the date of this study. The pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection displayed the predominance of hyperinflammation and immune dysregulation in inducing multiorgan damage. Therefore, the potential benefits of both immune modulation and suppression in COVID-19 have been extensively discussed as a modality to control cytokine release syndrome (CRS). Abnormally high levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) are a common finding in COVID-19 … Show more
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