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Temporal clinical and laboratory response to interleukin-6 receptor blockade with tocilizumab in 89 hospitalized patients with covid-19 pneumonia

D. Fomina, M. Lysenko, I. Beloglazova, Z. Mutovina, N. Poteshkina, I. Samsonova, T. Kruglova, A. Chernov, A. Karaulov,
2021

Background: Pandemic COVID-19 pneumonia due to SARS-2 is an important cause of morbidi-ty and mortality. Emerging evidence links poor outcomes to an inflammatory cytokine storm. Methods: We treated 89 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and heightened systemic inflammation (elevated serum C reactive protein and interleukin-6 levels) with an infusion of tocilizumab (TCZ), a human monoclonal IgG1 antibody to the interleukin-6 receptor. Results: Clinical and laboratory evidence of improvement was evident when baseline and 1-2-day post-infusion indices were compared. Among the 72 patients receiving supplemental oxygen without mechanical ventilation, severity of condition on the NEWS2 scale scores fell from 5 to 2 (P

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  • D. Fomina
    City Clinical Hospital No.52 of Moscow Healthcare Department, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • M. Lysenko
    First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • I. Beloglazova
    Department of General Therapy, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU) of the Ministry of Healthcare, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • Z. Mutovina
    Department of General Therapy, Cardiology, and Functional Diagnostics, Federal State Institution of Additional Professional Education “Central State Medical Academy” of the President of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • N. Poteshkina
    Research Institute of Molecular and Personalized Medicine, Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, Moscow, Russian Federation
  • I. Samsonova
  • T. Kruglova
  • A. Chernov
  • A. Karaulov
Название журнала
  • Pathogens and Immunity
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  • 5
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  • 1
Страницы
  • 327-341
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  • Case Western Reserve University
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  • journal article
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  • CC
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  • Свободная лицензия
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  • scopus