Liver transplantation during the COVID-19 epidemic : recommendations from the Belgian Liver Intestine Transplant Committee (BeLIAC).
Acta Gastroenterol Belg
; 83(2): 340-343, 2020.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-625874
ABSTRACT
Since January 2020, the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has dramatically impacted the world. In March 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic reached Belgium creating uncertainty towards all aspects of life. There has been an impressive capacity and solidarity of all healthcare professionals to acutely reconvert facilities to treat these patients. In the context of liver transplantation (LTx), concerns are raised about organ donation shortage and safety, the ethics of using limited healthcare resources for LTx, selection criteria for LTx during the epidemic and the risk of de novo COVID-19 infection on the waiting list and after LTx. BeLIAC makes several recommendations to try to mitigate the deleterious effect that this epidemic has/will have on donation and LTx, taking into account the available resources, and trying to maximize patients and healthcare professionals' safety.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Liver Transplantation
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Infection Control
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Coronavirus Infections
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End Stage Liver Disease
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Acta Gastroenterol Belg
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Belgium
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