Open AccessOrgan Donation and Transplantation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Summary of the Spanish Experience
Author(s) -
Beatriz DomínguezGil,
Mario FernándezRuiz,
Domingo Jesús Quintana Hernández,
Marta Crespo,
Jordi Colmenero,
Elisabeth Coll,
Juan José Álvarez Rubio
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000003528
Subject(s) - transplantation , donation , organ donation , medicine , pandemic , covid-19 , population , intensive care medicine , demographics , family medicine , surgery , environmental health , demography , infectious disease (medical specialty) , political science , disease , sociology , law
Spain has been amongst the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has posed significant challenges to the donation and transplantation program. Despite a dramatic decrease of donation and transplantation activities during the critical early weeks of the outbreak, the program has recovered and is learning to cope with COVID-19.