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Decline in organ donations and transplants in Ceará in the COVID-19 pandemic: a descriptive study, April June 2020 / Disminución de donaciones y trasplantes de órganos en Ceará en la pandemia COVID-19: un estudio descriptivo, abril junio de 2020 / Declínio nas doações e transplantes de órgãos no Ceará durante a pandemia da COVID-19: estudo descritivo, abril junho de 2020
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
To describe organ donations and transplants in Ceará, Brazil, after the COVID-19 pandemic decree.Methods:
Descriptive study using data from the Brazilian Organ Transplantation Association. The number of donors and transplants from April to June 2020 was compared to the same period in 2019 and the first quarter of 2020.Results:
In the first half of 2020, the state registered 72 effective donors. Of these, 17 (23.6%) in the second quarter. Of the 352 transplants in the first half of 2020, 37 (10.7%) occurred in the second quarter. Compared the period from April to June 2019, there was a reduction of 67.9% and 89.3% in the number of donors and transplants, respectively, in the same period of 2020.Conclusion:
The number of donors and transplants in Ceará showed an important decline in the three months following the COVID-19 pandemic decree, especially for kidney, heart and corneal transplants.RESUMO
Objetivo:
Descrever as doações e os transplantes de órgãos no Ceará, Brasil, após a declaração da pandemia da COVID-19.Métodos:
Estudo descritivo, com dados da Associação Brasileira de Transplantes de Órgãos. O número de doadores e transplantes do período de abril a junho de 2020 foi comparado ao mesmo período de 2019 e ao primeiro trimestre de 2020.Resultados:
No primeiro semestre de 2020, o estado registrou 72 doadores efetivos. Destes, 17 (23,6%) no segundo trimestre. Dos 352 transplantes do primeiro semestre de 2020, 37 (10,7%) foram realizados no segundo trimestre. Em comparação ao período de abril a junho de 2019, houve redução de 67,9% e 89,3% no número de doadores e transplantes, respectivamente, no mesmo período de 2020.Conclusão:
Os números de doadores e transplantes do Ceará apresentaram importante declínio nos três meses seguintes ao decreto da pandemia da COVID-19, especialmente os das modalidades de rim, coração e córneas.
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2020
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