[Covid-19 and implications on the cornea donation activity in Local Health Agency Barletta-Andria-Trani]. / Covid19 e implicazioni sull'attività di donazione di cornee nella Asl BarlettaAndriaTrani.
Prof Inferm
; 73(4): 264-269, 2020.
Article
in Italian
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1156207
ABSTRACT
The spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has reached a pandemic dimension within a few weeks. Italy has been one of the first countries, together with Cina, dealing with the outbreak of COVID-19 and adopting severe measures to limit viral transmission. The spread of COVID-19 may have several implications in organ transplant activity and medical and nursing personnel should be know these implications. The initial experience gained during the COVID-19 outbreak shows that around 10% of infected patients in Italy need intensive care management to overcome the acute respiratory distress syndrome. Due to the exponential rise of infected patients we are now facing an actual risk of saturation of potential tissue donors which can adversely affect the overall donation activity and reduce the number of transplants. Italian preliminary data show an overall decrease of 40% in March 2020. This paper aim at showing how the pandemic affects procurement of corneal tissues through a comparative analysis 2019-2020 related to the quarter February-April.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tissue and Organ Procurement
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Corneal Transplantation
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Cornea
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
Italian
Journal:
Prof Inferm
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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