A double-lung transplant recipient got covid-19 from her donor, report finds. She died two months later.
Three days after a woman received a double-lung transplant at a Michigan hospital last...
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Three days after a woman received a double-lung transplant at a Michigan hospital last...
COVID-19 has made life tough for everybody who needed health care over the last year, but especially challenging for transplant patients. The pandemic has disrupted the referral and listing process, led to the postponement and cancellation of many transplant procedures, and made it more challenging for transplant patients to get the pre- and post-transplant care they require. For one woman with chronic obstructive lung disease, finally getting her transplant wasn't the happy end to her transplant story. In a recent case study, published in the American Journal of Transplantation, doctors say...
The surgeon who performed the operation was also infected with COVID-19 by the donor's lungs.
The surgeon who performed the operation was also infected with COVID-19 by the donor's lungs.
The surgeon who performed the operation was also infected with COVID-19 by the donor's lungs.