The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on a central Italy transplant center

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is challenging health care systems worldwide, raising the question of reducing the transplant program due to the shortage of intensive care unit beds and to the risk of infection in donors and recipients. We report the positive experience of a single Transplant Ce...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Montalbano, Marzia, Levi Sandri, Giovanni Battista, Visco Comandini, Ubaldo, Lionetti, Raffaella, Vincenzi, Laura, Berardi, Giammauro, Guglielmo, Nicola, Pellicelli, Adriano, Ettorre, Giuseppe Maria, D’Offizi, Gianpiero
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2020
Materias:
7100
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7544270/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33031261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000022174
Descripción
Sumario:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is challenging health care systems worldwide, raising the question of reducing the transplant program due to the shortage of intensive care unit beds and to the risk of infection in donors and recipients. We report the positive experience of a single Transplant Center in Rome, part of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani, one of the major national centers involved in the COVID-19 emergency.

Ejemplares similares