Strategies to keep kidney transplant alive amid the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. (1992, Impr.)
; 67(supl.1): 63-66, 2021. graf
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ABSTRACT
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE:
This study aims to describe the result of the strategies adopted to maintain the transplant program amid the COVID-19 pandemic.METHODS:
Since March 2020, several measures have been adopted sequentially, including the compulsory use of personal protective equipment and the real-time polymerase chain reaction testing of collaborators, symptomatic patients, potential deceased donors, candidates for recipients, and in-hospital readmissions, regardless of symptoms. The living-donor transplantation was restricted to exceptional cases.RESULTS:
Among 1013 health professionals, 201 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed between March and August 2020, with no severe cases reported. In this period, we observed a 19% institutional increase in the number of transplants from deceased donors compared with that observed in the same period in 2019. There was no donor-derived severe acute respiratory syndrome virus (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Four COVID-19-positive patients underwent transplantation; after 28 days, all were alive and with functioning allograft. Among the 11,875 already transplanted patients being followed up, there were 546 individuals with confirmed diagnosis, 372 who required hospitalization, and 167 on mechanical ventilation, resulting in a 27% mortality rate.CONCLUSIONS:
These data confirm that the adoption of sequential and coordinated measures amid the pandemic was able to successfully maintain the transplant program and ensure the safety of health professionals and transplanted patients who were already in follow-up.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
LILACS
Asunto principal:
Trasplante de Riñón
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COVID-19
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. (1992, Impr.)
Asunto de la revista:
EducaÆo em Sa£de
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GestÆo do Conhecimento para a Pesquisa em Sa£de
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MEDICINA
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Brasil