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Case Report: A Patient With COVID-19 Who Benefited From Hemoadsorption.
Yinke Du1, Zhipeng Qi2, Jiangwei Ma3
1Department of Nephrology, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Frontiers in Medicine
|December 18, 2020
Summary
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes COVID-19, often leading to a dangerous cytokine storm. Hemoadsorption therapy effectively removed inflammatory cytokines, benefiting a COVID-19 patient.
Area of Science:
- Infectious Diseases
- Immunology
- Critical Care Medicine
Background:
- The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), emerged globally in late 2019.
- Elevated plasma cytokine levels, including IL-6 and TNF-α, are linked to COVID-19 severity, indicating a cytokine storm.
Observation:
- Cytokine storms, characterized by excessive inflammation, are a hallmark of severe COVID-19.
- Extracorporeal blood purification techniques are recognized for their ability to mitigate cytokine release.
Findings:
- This case study details a COVID-19 patient experiencing a cytokine storm.
- The patient underwent hemoadsorption therapy, a form of extracorporeal blood purification.
Implications:
- Hemoadsorption demonstrated a positive clinical outcome in this severe COVID-19 case.
- This suggests hemoadsorption is a viable therapeutic option for managing cytokine storms in COVID-19 patients.
- Further research into extracorporeal blood purification for COVID-19 is warranted.
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