COVID-19 and Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in Naples during the Pandemic
Autor: | Marcello Caggiano, Akbar Jamshidi, Concetta Anna Dodaro, Gaia Peluso, Michele Santangelo, Fabrizio D'Ambrosio, Silvia Campanile, Caterina Sagnelli, Francesco Cuozzo, Teresa Bruna Pagano, Nicola Carlomagno, Luigi Pelosio, Armando Calogero, Vincenzo Tammaro, Alessandro Scotti |
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Přispěvatelé: | Peluso, G., Campanile, S., Scotti, A., Tammaro, V., Jamshidi, A., Pelosio, L., Caggiano, M., Pagano, T., Cuozzo, F., D'Ambrosio, F., Calogero, A., Dodaro, C., Sagnelli, C., Carlomagno, N., Santangelo, M. L. |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Living Donor Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Article Subject medicine.medical_treatment 030230 surgery Asymptomatic Living donor General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Pandemic medicine Living Donors Humans Elective surgery Kidney transplantation General Immunology and Microbiology business.industry SARS-CoV-2 Risk Factor COVID-19 Immunosuppression General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Kidney Transplantation Transplantation Italy 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Medicine Female medicine.symptom business Human Research Article |
Zdroj: | BioMed Research International BioMed Research International, Vol 2020 (2020) |
ISSN: | 2314-6133 |
DOI: | 10.1155/2020/5703963 |
Popis: | Introduction SARS-CoV-2 is a virus that causes a potentially deadly syndrome that affects especially the respiratory tract Kidney-transplanted patients are immunosuppressed and more susceptible to viral infections We have examined our transplantation activity to explore the future role of kidney transplantation from deceased and living donors in COVID-19 era Patients and Methods The activity of our transplant center of Naples (one of the two transplant centers in Campania, South Italy) continued during the COVID-19 pandemic We have analysed the kidney transplants carried out between March 9 and June 9, 2020, comparing these data with the numbers of procedures performed in the two previous years Moreover, we have considered the possibility of performing living donor transplants during a worldwide pandemic Results From March 9, 2020, when the Italian lockdown begun, till June 9, 2020, five kidney transplants have been performed at our transplant center in Naples, all from deceased donors The donors and the recipients have been screened for COVID-19 infection, and the patients, all asymptomatic, followed strict preventive measures and were fully informed about the risks of surgery and immunosuppression during a pandemic All the transplanted patients remained COVID negative during the follow-up The number of transplants performed has been constant compared to the same months of 2018 and 2019 In agreement with the patients, we decided to postpone living donor transplants to a period of greater control of the SARS-CoV-2 spread in Italy Conclusion Deceased donor kidney transplantation should continue, especially in a region with moderate risk, like Campania, with a more careful selection of donors and recipients, preferring standard donors and recipients without severe comorbidities Living donor transplantation program, instead, should be postponed to a period of greater control of the SARS-CoV-2 spread, as it is an elective surgery and its delay does not determine additional risks for patients [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of BioMed Research International is the property of Hindawi Limited and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use This abstract may be abridged No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract (Copyright applies to all Abstracts ) |
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