Liver transplantation during the COVID-19 epidemic : recommendations from the Belgian Liver Intestine Transplant Committee (BeLIAC).

peer reviewed ; Since January 2020, the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has dramatically impacted the world. In March 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic reached Belgium creating uncertainty towards all aspects of life. There has been an impressive capacity and solidarity of all healthcare professionals to acutely reconvert facilities to treat these patients. In the context of liver transplantation (LTx), concerns are raised about organ donation shortage and safety, the ethics of using limited healthcare resources for LTx, selection criteria for LTx during the epidemic and the risk... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Dahlqvist, Géraldine
Ciccarelli, Olga
Van Vlierberghe, Hans
Berrevoet, Frederik
Vanwolleghem, Thomas
Ysebaert, Dirk
Gustot, Thierry
Lucidi, Valério
Delwaide, Jean
Detry, Olivier
DELBOUILLE, Marie-Hélène
Sokal, Etienne
Nevens, Frederik
Pirenne, Jacques
Dokumenttyp: journal article
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Verlag/Hrsg.: Acta Medica Belgica
Schlagwörter: Covid-19 epidemic / liver transplantation / resources / Human health sciences / Surgery / Gastroenterology & hepatology / Sciences de la santé humaine / Chirurgie / Gastroentérologie & hépatologie
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28889126
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Link(s) : https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/249858

peer reviewed ; Since January 2020, the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has dramatically impacted the world. In March 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic reached Belgium creating uncertainty towards all aspects of life. There has been an impressive capacity and solidarity of all healthcare professionals to acutely reconvert facilities to treat these patients. In the context of liver transplantation (LTx), concerns are raised about organ donation shortage and safety, the ethics of using limited healthcare resources for LTx, selection criteria for LTx during the epidemic and the risk of de novo COVID-19 infection on the waiting list and after LTx. BeLIAC makes several recommendations to try to mitigate the deleterious effect that this epidemic has/will have on donation and LTx, taking into account the available resources, and trying to maximize patients and healthcare professionals' safety.