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Jul 22, 2021 · From January to March 2021, the lung transplant program at UF Health Shands Hospital performed more lung transplants to treat patients whose lungs had been damaged by COVID-19 than anywhere else in the United States, according to data from United Network for Organ Sharing.
Mar 31, 2021 · We provide evidence of the reproducibility of lung transplantation in carefully selected patients with severe COVID-19 and we show, for the first time, that short-term post-transplantation outcomes can be achieved that are similar to those of transplant recipients without COVID-19.
Herein, we report the first case of COVID-19 in a lung transplant recipient in the immediate posttransplant period, and we describe the epidemiologic challenges in identifying the source of infection in this unique situation. KEYWORDS: coronavirus, COVID-19, lung transplant.
Oct 6, 2021 · Most patients (approximately 80%) suffer from mild to moderate symptoms and recover after the initial disease phase, which is dominated by symptoms and signs of viral response like fever, dry cough, and lymphopenia.
In COVID ARDS patients—who require ventilator and ECMO support, who require chest tube placement because they commonly develop pneumothoraces or lung collapse on both sides or either side and who develop recurrent bacterial or fungal infections because of either the indirect effects of severe viral infection or the treatments for it that are imm...
Jan 26, 2022 · Lung Transplantation for Covid-19–Related Respiratory Failure in the United States. Published January 26, 2022. N Engl J Med 2022;386: 1187 - 1188. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2117024. VOL. 386...
May 2, 2022 · Life After a Lung Transplant, During a Pandemic Laura R. shares how being immunocompromised due to living with IPF and a lung transplant impacts her risk of COVID-19
