Pausing transplants in the face of a global pandemic: Patient survival implications.

ABSTRACT: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted normal operating procedures at transplant centers. With the possibility that COVID-19 infection carries an overall 4% mortality rate and potentially a 24% mortality rate among the immunocompromised transplant recipients, many transplant centers considered the possibility of slowing down and even potentially pausing all transplants. Many proposals regarding the need for pausing organ transplants exist; however, much remains unknown. Whereas the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the overall healthcare system is unknown, the potential impact of pausing organ transplants over a period can be estimated. This study presents a model for evaluating the impact of pausing liver transplants over a spectrum of model for end-stage liver di

SUBMITTER: Zhang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9115406 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature