Dealing With Liver Transplantation during Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic : Normothermic Machine Perfusion Enables for Donor, Organ, and Recipient Assessment: A Case Report

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed life on a global scale. The numbers of transplantations have plummeted as a result of fear of disease transmission, recipient coronavirus disease 2019 infection, priority shift, and resource limitations. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) complicates transplantation because donor testing, (re)allocation of limited resources, and recipient testing may exceed permissible ischemia times. Normothermic machine perfusion (NMP) helps safely prolong liver preservation up to 38 hours. Additional time is essential under the current circumstances. Here we present the case of a 29-year-old liver transplant recipient in whom prolonged liver preservation required for SARS-CoV-2 screening was accomplished through NMP. Donor and recipient test results for SARS-CoV-2 were negative, and intensive care unit capacity was eventually available. The surgical procedure and postoperative course were uneventful. NMP can extend preservation times in liver transplantation while awaiting SARS-CoV-2 test results and available intensive care unit capacity.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:52

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Transplantation proceedings - 52(2020), 9 vom: 14. Nov., Seite 2707-2710

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bogensperger, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Cardini, Benno [VerfasserIn]
Oberhuber, Rupert [VerfasserIn]
Weissenbacher, Annemarie [VerfasserIn]
Gasteiger, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Berchtold, Valeria [VerfasserIn]
Otarashvili, Giorgi [VerfasserIn]
Öfner, Dietmar [VerfasserIn]
Schneeberger, Stefan [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 05.11.2020

Date Revised 18.12.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.transproceed.2020.07.011

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NLM313751285