Fatal COVID From Lung Transplant; Cutting the Vax Line; Hernia Mesh Problems
KHN reported. The case is an anomaly in some 40,000 transplants last year. The donor had shown no signs of COVID-19 and initially tested negative, KHN reported. A surgeon who handled the lungs was also infected. The surgeon became ill, but recovered. The case -- though isolated -- has prompted calls for more thorough testing of lung transplant donors, said Daniel Kaul, MD, director of Michigan Medicine's transplant infectious disease service, KHN reported. That includes samples taken from deep within lungs, and from the nose and throat. "We would absolutely not have used the lungs if we...
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