Addressing the 'hypoxia paradox' in severe COVID-19: literature review and report of four cases treated with erythropoietin analogues

• Main Authors: Martin Begemann (Author), Oliver Gross (Author), Dominik Wincewicz (Author), Rüdiger Hardeland (Author), Vinicius Daguano Gastaldi (Author), Eduard Vieta (Author), Karin Weissenborn (Author), Kamilla W. Miskowiak (Author), Onnen Moerer (Author), Hannelore Ehrenreich (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Since fall 2019, SARS-CoV-2 spread world-wide, causing a major pandemic with estimated ~ 220 million subjects affected as of September 2021. Severe COVID-19 is associated with multiple organ failure, particularly of lung and kidney, but also grave neuropsychiatric manifestations....