A board-certified anesthesiologist, Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero is a professor of anesthesiology and the director of perioperative quality and patient safety at Stony Brook Medicine. Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero currently runs a clinical study which centers on developing a cure for patients infected with the novel coronavirus at Stony Brook Medicine.
In the early months of 2020, Stony Brook initiated a double-blind randomized study to investigate the efficacy of convalescent blood plasma in treating hospitalized patients who are diagnosed with a COVID-19 infection. Convalescent blood plasma is extracted from people who had previously contracted COVID-19 but have fully recovered. To confirm eligibility to donate convalescent blood plasma, each person undergoes a COVID-19 point-of-care-test (a serological test ) to check if their serum has an adequate level of IgG antibodies. They then need to meet routine blood transfusion criteria such as adequate weight and age., and also must be free from transmissible diseases.
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AuthorDr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero is both an educator and a vice chairman at Stony Brook Medicine. Archives
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