Emergency management for kidney transplantation in the epidemic period of coronavirus disease 2019 / 中南大学学报(医学版)
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
;
(12): 495-500, 2020.
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES@#To summarize the emergency management of the kidney transplantation for a large tertiary first-class hospital in response to the epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).@*METHODS@#The clinical data of inpatients in the Department of Kidney Transplantation from January 24, 2020 to February 29, 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, we conducted telephone, Wechat follow-up, and online education for kidney transplant recipients and patients on waiting-list for kidney transplantation one by one. We also strictly screened for COVID-19 in outpatients. To guarantee the security of medical staff and recipients and to reduce the transmission risk of COVID-19, we have made detailed approaches to prevent COVID-19, which mainly included 6 aspects of preventive approaches, such as kidney transplant clinic, kidney transplant ward, patients on waiting-list for kidney transplantation, kidney transplant operation, medical staff self-protection, and postoperative follow-up of kidney transplant recipients.@*RESULTS@#There were altogether 47 inpatients which included 20 recipients who had just received kidney transplantation in the meantime, 2 577 kidney transplant recipients, 1 689 patients on waiting-list for kidney transplantation, and 794 outpatients in our hospital. No case of COVID-19 occurred in this period.@*CONCLUSIONS@#Through strictly implementing proactive and preventive approaches, we avoid the occurrence of COVID-19 in carrying out kidney transplantation in the epidemic period.
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Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Epidemiology
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Retrospective Studies
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Waiting Lists
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Kidney Transplantation
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
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Tertiary Care Centers
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Transplant Recipients
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
Year:
2020
Type:
Article
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