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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Organ Donation in Hong Kong: A Single-Center Observational Study
INTRODUCTION: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was expected to have a negative impact on organ donation. With the differences in health care systems and lockdown policies in various regions, the pandemic's effect on organ donation and transplant service may vary. Most of the dec...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9757866/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33752902 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.02.016 |
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author | Cheung, Chi Yuen Pong, Mei Lan Au Yeung, Suk Fun Chak, Wai Leung |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was expected to have a negative impact on organ donation. With the differences in health care systems and lockdown policies in various regions, the pandemic's effect on organ donation and transplant service may vary. Most of the deceased donor organ referrals in our hospital came from non–intensive care units (ICUs). The objective of this study is to report our experience and quantify the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on deceased donor organ donation in our center. METHODS: This was a retrospective observational study comparing the deceased donor organ donation activity during the period January 23 to November 30, 2020 with the same period in 2018 in Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong. RESULTS: There was a 26.9% reduction in deceased donor organ donor referral in 2020 compared with 2018. No significant difference in the proportion of referrals from ICU or non-ICU areas between the 2 time periods was observed. The brain death confirmation rate was significantly higher in 2020 (40.8% vs 20.2%, P = .003). Nine patients had family consent for organ donation in 2020 (vs 7 patients in the same period in 2018). There were no significant differences in consent rate and number of recovered organs between the 2 periods. CONCLUSIONS: With effective measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 in a community, it is possible to support the needs of both patients with COVID-19 and deceased donor organ donation services. |
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spelling | pubmed-97578662022-12-19 Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Organ Donation in Hong Kong: A Single-Center Observational Study Cheung, Chi Yuen Pong, Mei Lan Au Yeung, Suk Fun Chak, Wai Leung Transplant Proc Article INTRODUCTION: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was expected to have a negative impact on organ donation. With the differences in health care systems and lockdown policies in various regions, the pandemic's effect on organ donation and transplant service may vary. Most of the deceased donor organ referrals in our hospital came from non–intensive care units (ICUs). The objective of this study is to report our experience and quantify the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on deceased donor organ donation in our center. METHODS: This was a retrospective observational study comparing the deceased donor organ donation activity during the period January 23 to November 30, 2020 with the same period in 2018 in Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong. RESULTS: There was a 26.9% reduction in deceased donor organ donor referral in 2020 compared with 2018. No significant difference in the proportion of referrals from ICU or non-ICU areas between the 2 time periods was observed. The brain death confirmation rate was significantly higher in 2020 (40.8% vs 20.2%, P = .003). Nine patients had family consent for organ donation in 2020 (vs 7 patients in the same period in 2018). There were no significant differences in consent rate and number of recovered organs between the 2 periods. CONCLUSIONS: With effective measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 in a community, it is possible to support the needs of both patients with COVID-19 and deceased donor organ donation services. Elsevier Inc. 2021-05 2021-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9757866/ /pubmed/33752902 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.02.016 Text en © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Article Cheung, Chi Yuen Pong, Mei Lan Au Yeung, Suk Fun Chak, Wai Leung Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Organ Donation in Hong Kong: A Single-Center Observational Study |
title | Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Organ Donation in Hong Kong: A Single-Center Observational Study |
title_full | Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Organ Donation in Hong Kong: A Single-Center Observational Study |
title_fullStr | Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Organ Donation in Hong Kong: A Single-Center Observational Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Organ Donation in Hong Kong: A Single-Center Observational Study |
title_short | Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Organ Donation in Hong Kong: A Single-Center Observational Study |
title_sort | impact of covid-19 pandemic on organ donation in hong kong: a single-center observational study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9757866/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33752902 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.02.016 |
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