Successful liver transplantation in patients with active SARS-CoV-2 infection

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The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has substantially impacted solid organ transplantation, including temporary inactivation of waitlist candidates with COVID-19 infection. We report two cases of liver transplantation (LT) in individuals with asymptomatic COVID-19 infection. The first patient is a 68-year-old female with decompensated cirrhosis complicated by worsening frailty and sarcopenia. The second patient is a 22-year-old female with acute liver failure likely secondary to drug/toxin exposure. Both patients were treated with COVID-19-directed therapies and neither patient developed symptomatic disease. These cases demonstrate that LT can be safely performed in select patients with asymptomatic COVID-19 infection at the time of transplant.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons - 22(2022), 11 vom: 16. Nov., Seite 2694-2696

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mouch, Charles A [VerfasserIn]
Alexopoulos, Sophoclis P [VerfasserIn]
LaRue, Richard W [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Hannah P [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case Reports
Clinical research/practice
Infection and infectious agents - viral: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Liver transplantation/hepatology
Patient safety

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 09.11.2022

Date Revised 24.01.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/ajt.17134

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM342974343