COVID-19: A global transplant perspective on successfully navigating a pandemic.
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_1C33C19476C4
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Editorial
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
COVID-19: A global transplant perspective on successfully navigating a pandemic.
Journal
American journal of transplantation
ISSN
1600-6143 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1600-6135
Publication state
Published
Issued date
07/2020
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
20
Number
7
Pages
1773-1779
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly evolved and changed our way of life in an unprecedented manner. The emergence of COVID-19 has impacted transplantation worldwide. The impact has not been just restricted to issues pertaining to donors or recipients, but also health-care resource utilization as the intensity of cases in certain jurisdictions exceeds available capacity. Here we provide a personal viewpoint representing different jurisdictions from around the world in order to outline the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on organ transplantation. Based on our collective experience, we discuss mitigation strategies such as donor screening, resource planning, and a staged approach to transplant volume considerations as local resource issues demand. We also discuss issues related to transplant-related research during the pandemic, the role of transplant infectious diseases, and the influence of transplant societies for education and disseminating current information.
Keywords
Betacoronavirus, Coronavirus Infections/complications, Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control, Decision Making, Donor Selection, Global Health, Humans, Infectious Disease Medicine/organization & administration, Organ Transplantation/trends, Pandemics/prevention & control, Pneumonia, Viral/complications, Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control, Tissue Donors, Tissue and Organ Procurement/standards, Transplants, Vulnerable Populations, clinical decision-making, clinical research/practice, donors and donation: donor-derived infections, infection and infectious agents - viral, infectious disease, organ transplantation in general
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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01/04/2020 18:59
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04/08/2022 5:39