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To the best of our knowledge, we performed the first COVID-to-COVID transplant, which involved transplanting lungs from a donor who had recovered from COVID-19 and appeared not to have lung damage into another patient with COVID-19 infection.
- Kristin Walter
- 2021
Jul 22, 2021 · 2 Months Prior. 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.
Aug 17, 2020 · On June 5, Ramirez, 28, became the first known COVID-19 patient in the U.S. to undergo a double lung transplant. She is strong enough now to begin sharing the story of her ordeal....
The analysis of more than 3,000 lung transplants in the U.S. between Aug. 1, 2020, and Sept. 30, 2021, showed that during the pandemic, 7% of the nation’s lung transplants were performed to treat severe, irreversible lung damage caused by COVID-19.
Jan 26, 2022 · There are case reports of lung transplantation for respiratory failure due to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), but uncertainty surrounds patient selection, clinical outcomes, and the...
Jun 12, 2020 · Doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago announced Thursday they've performed the first successful double-lung transplant on a COVID-19 patient in the United States.
May 4, 2021 · After New Breath on New Year’s Day, Penn’s First COVID-19 Lung Transplant Patient Recovered to Celebrate His Triplets’ Graduation. May 04, 2021. | by Sophie Kluthe. Fred Rahmanian underwent treatment at Penn Medicine, becoming the first patient with COVID-19 to receive a lung transplant there.