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The impact of COVID-19 on liver transplantation: challenges and perspectives
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presented unique challenges to patients with decompensated cirrhosis awaiting transplant, with respect to accessing medical facilities for routine clinic visits, imaging, laboratory workup, or endoscopies. There was a delay in organ procurement that l...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10172841/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37180361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17562848231171452 |
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description | The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presented unique challenges to patients with decompensated cirrhosis awaiting transplant, with respect to accessing medical facilities for routine clinic visits, imaging, laboratory workup, or endoscopies. There was a delay in organ procurement that led to a decrease in the number of liver transplants (LTs) and an increase in the morality of waitlisted patients at the beginning of the pandemic. LT numbers later equalized to pre-pandemic numbers due to combined efforts and adaptability of transplant centers as well as dynamic guidelines. Due to being immunosuppressed, the demographics of LT patients were at an increased risk of infection. Although there is a higher rate of mortality and morbidity in patients with chronic liver disease, LT itself is not a risk factor for mortality in COVID-19. There was no difference in overall mortality in LT patients compared to non-LT patients, and mortality risk factors were the same: age, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and chronic kidney disease. The most common causes of death were respiratory complications. Liver-related deaths were reported in 1.6% of patients. The optimal timing of liver transplantation post-infection depends on various factors, such as the severity of liver injury, the presence of comorbidities, and the progression of the underlying liver disease. There is not enough data available on COVID-19 cholangiopathy and the number of cases that will be seen in the future that will require LT. There are some concerns of lower immunogenicity of COVID-19 vaccines in LT patients but available evidence suggests that the vaccines are safe and well-tolerated. |
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spelling | pubmed-101728412023-05-11 The impact of COVID-19 on liver transplantation: challenges and perspectives Fatima, Ifrah Duong, Nikki Therap Adv Gastroenterol The Impact of COVID-19 in Gastrointestinal Diseases The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic presented unique challenges to patients with decompensated cirrhosis awaiting transplant, with respect to accessing medical facilities for routine clinic visits, imaging, laboratory workup, or endoscopies. There was a delay in organ procurement that led to a decrease in the number of liver transplants (LTs) and an increase in the morality of waitlisted patients at the beginning of the pandemic. LT numbers later equalized to pre-pandemic numbers due to combined efforts and adaptability of transplant centers as well as dynamic guidelines. Due to being immunosuppressed, the demographics of LT patients were at an increased risk of infection. Although there is a higher rate of mortality and morbidity in patients with chronic liver disease, LT itself is not a risk factor for mortality in COVID-19. There was no difference in overall mortality in LT patients compared to non-LT patients, and mortality risk factors were the same: age, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and chronic kidney disease. The most common causes of death were respiratory complications. Liver-related deaths were reported in 1.6% of patients. The optimal timing of liver transplantation post-infection depends on various factors, such as the severity of liver injury, the presence of comorbidities, and the progression of the underlying liver disease. There is not enough data available on COVID-19 cholangiopathy and the number of cases that will be seen in the future that will require LT. There are some concerns of lower immunogenicity of COVID-19 vaccines in LT patients but available evidence suggests that the vaccines are safe and well-tolerated. SAGE Publications 2023-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10172841/ /pubmed/37180361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17562848231171452 Text en © The Author(s), 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | The Impact of COVID-19 in Gastrointestinal Diseases Fatima, Ifrah Duong, Nikki The impact of COVID-19 on liver transplantation: challenges and perspectives |
title | The impact of COVID-19 on liver transplantation: challenges and
perspectives |
title_full | The impact of COVID-19 on liver transplantation: challenges and
perspectives |
title_fullStr | The impact of COVID-19 on liver transplantation: challenges and
perspectives |
title_full_unstemmed | The impact of COVID-19 on liver transplantation: challenges and
perspectives |
title_short | The impact of COVID-19 on liver transplantation: challenges and
perspectives |
title_sort | impact of covid-19 on liver transplantation: challenges and
perspectives |
topic | The Impact of COVID-19 in Gastrointestinal Diseases |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10172841/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37180361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17562848231171452 |
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