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Risk and reward: Balancing safety and maximizing lung donors during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Author(s) -
La Hoz Ricardo M.,
DanzigerIsakov Lara A.,
Klassen David K.,
Michaels Marian G.
Publication year - 2021
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.16575
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pandemic , betacoronavirus , coronavirus infections , intensive care medicine , pneumonia , virology , emergency medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , disease
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.