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Author(s) -
Halazun Karim J.,
Rosenblatt Russell
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.15888
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , outbreak , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , coronavirus , coronavirus infections , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , disease
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic has caused shockwaves throughout the US healthcare system. Nowhere has coronavirus 19 (COVID‐19) caused more infections than in New York, where there have been over 26 500 infections. Resources have been appropriately allocated toward combating this outbreak, but where does this leave patients with severe non‐COVID‐19 diseases? Herein we provide the views of a liver transplant surgeon and transplant hepatologist in New York.