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Editorial
. 2021 Aug;21(8):2635-2636.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.16575. Epub 2021 Apr 7.

Risk and reward: Balancing safety and maximizing lung donors during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ricardo M La Hoz  1 , Lara A Danziger-Isakov  2 , David K Klassen  3 , Marian G Michaels  4
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Editorial

Risk and reward: Balancing safety and maximizing lung donors during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ricardo M La Hoz et al. Am J Transplant. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

In response to Kaul et al.’s article (page 2885), the editorialists recommend testing lower respiratory tract samples from potential deceased lung donors for SARS-CoV-2 to mitigate the risk of donor derived disease.

Keywords: clinical research/practice; editorial/personal viewpoint; infection and infectious agents - viral; infectious disease; lung disease: infectious; lung transplantation/pulmonology.

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