Treating the endotheliopathy of SARS-CoV-2 infection with plasma: Lessons learned from optimized trauma resuscitation with blood products
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Shibani Pati
Department of Lab Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
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Shibani Pati, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJohn B. Holcomb
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMark Barry
Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAlpa Trivedi
Department of Lab Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAndrew P. Cap
U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA-FT Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMatthew J. Martin
Department of Surgery, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, California, USA
Search for more papers by this authorCharles Wade
Department of Surgery McGovern School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Search for more papers by this authorRosemary Kozar
Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJessica C. Cardenas
Department of Surgery McGovern School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJoseph F. Rappold
Department of Surgery Maine Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Portland, Maine, USA
Search for more papers by this authorRenee Spiegel
Department of Surgery, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst, New York, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMartin A. Schreiber
Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Shibani Pati
Department of Lab Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
Correspondence
Shibani Pati, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorErin Fennern
Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJohn B. Holcomb
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMark Barry
Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAlpa Trivedi
Department of Lab Medicine, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAndrew P. Cap
U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA-FT Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMatthew J. Martin
Department of Surgery, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, California, USA
Search for more papers by this authorCharles Wade
Department of Surgery McGovern School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Search for more papers by this authorRosemary Kozar
Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJessica C. Cardenas
Department of Surgery McGovern School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
Search for more papers by this authorJoseph F. Rappold
Department of Surgery Maine Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Portland, Maine, USA
Search for more papers by this authorRenee Spiegel
Department of Surgery, Elmhurst Hospital Center, Elmhurst, New York, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMartin A. Schreiber
Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST
SPati has a contract for a research project with CSL Behring Inc. JBH is a co-founder and on the Board of Directors of Decisio Health, on the Board of Directors of QinFlow and Zibrio, a Co-inventor of the Junctional Emergency Tourniquet Tool, and an adviser to Arsenal Medical, Cellphire, Spectrum, and PotentiaMetrics. MAS is a consultant to Velico Medical Inc. Dr. Martin has none to report. JCC has funding from and is an adviser to Grifols. RK has none to report. AC is an active duty officer in the US Army and has no conflicts of interest to declare. EF has none to report. RS has none to report. CW is a co-founder of Decisio Health and receives funding through his institution from Grifols. AT and MB have disclosed no conflicts of interest.
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