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Ethical Issues in Kidney Transplant and Donation During COVID-19 Pandemic.
Chow, Kai-Ming; Maggiore, Umberto; Dor, Frank J M F.
  • Chow KM; Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.
  • Maggiore U; Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università di Parma, Unita' Operativa Nefrologia, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Parma, Parma, Italy.
  • Dor FJMF; Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust, London, United Kingdom; Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: Frank.dor@nhs.net.
Semin Nephrol ; 42(4): 151272, 2022 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1937145
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The coronavirus disease-19 pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus has faced the transplant community with unprecedented clinical challenges in a highly vulnerable patient category. These were associated with many uncertainties for patients and health care professionals and prompted many ethical debates regarding the safe delivery of kidney transplantation. In this article, we highlight some of the most important ethical questions that were raised during the pandemic and attempt to analyze ethical arguments in light of core principles of medical ethics to either suspend or continue kidney transplantation, and to mandate vaccination in transplant patients, transplant candidates, and, finally, health care providers. We have come up with frameworks to deal responsibly with these ethical challenges, and formulated recommendations to cope with the issues imposed on patients and transplant professionals.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Kidney Transplantation / COVID-19 Type of study: Prognostic study Topics: Vaccines Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Semin Nephrol Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.semnephrol.2022.07.006

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Kidney Transplantation / COVID-19 Type of study: Prognostic study Topics: Vaccines Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Semin Nephrol Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.semnephrol.2022.07.006