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COVID-19: A global transplant perspective on successfully navigating a pandemic

Authors
 Deepali Kumar  ;  Oriol Manuel  ;  Yoichiro Natori  ;  Hiroto Egawa  ;  Paolo Grossi  ;  Sang-Hoon Han  ;  Mario Fernández-Ruiz  ;  Atul Humar 
Citation
 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION, Vol.20(7) : 1773-1779, 2020-07 
Journal Title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION
ISSN
 1600-6135 
Issue Date
2020-07
MeSH
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
Keywords
clinical decision-making ; clinical research/practice ; donors and donation ; donor-derived infections ; infection and infectious agents - viral ; infectious disease ; organ transplantation in general
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.
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DOI
10.1111/ajt.15876
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Han, Sang Hoon(한상훈) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4278-5198
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/179473
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