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. 2020 Jul;20(7):1939-1940.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.15853. Epub 2020 Apr 12.

Coronavirus disease 2019 and transplantation: A view from the inside

Andrea Gori  1   2 , Daniele Dondossola  2   3 , Barbara Antonelli  3 , Davide Mangioni  1   2 , Laura Alagna  1 , Paolo Reggiani  3 , Alessandra Bandera  1   2 , Giorgio Rossi  2   3
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Coronavirus disease 2019 and transplantation: A view from the inside

Andrea Gori et al. Am J Transplant. 2020 Jul.
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Keywords: complication: infectious; ethics and public policy; health services and outcomes research; infection and infectious agents - viral; infectious disease; organ procurement and allocation.

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Flow-chart describing the decisional pathway for organ allocation within our liver Transplant Centre during COVID-19 outbreak. ^Consider a back-up recipient; °A prioritized analytical pathway has been established to obtain the result within 6 h; *If BAL positive (time-to-result 6 h), patients are isolated in dedicated rooms, healthcare workers defined as close contacts perform NPS and undergo home quarantine while awaiting the results; CNT, Centro Nazionale Trapianti
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