Is there a role for tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) as a novel treatment for refractory COVID-19 associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)?

The global pandemic of COVID-19 has begun to oversaturate the world's medical capacity to accommodate a large surge of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Acute respiratory distress syndrome has no effective treatment besides supportive care, with the use of ventilatory st...

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Main Authors: Barrett, Christopher D. (Author), Yaffe, Michael B. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2020-04-27T20:22:34Z.
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