1. The COVID‐19 pandemic: A community approach
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Malay B. Shah, Olivia S Kates, Cesar Guerrero Miranda, Nissreen Elfadawy, Kassem Safa, Robin K. Avery, Sheila G. Jowsey-Gregoire, Jesse D. Schold, Jamil Azzi, Leonardo V. Riella, Enver Akalin, Paolo Cravedi, Geoffrey Camirand, Sarah P. Hammond, Maria-Luisa Alegre, and Roslyn B. Mannon
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Graft Rejection ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,International Cooperation ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Review Article ,030230 surgery ,Global Health ,medicine.disease_cause ,Immunocompromised Host ,03 medical and health sciences ,Postoperative Complications ,0302 clinical medicine ,Health care ,Pandemic ,medicine ,Humans ,Community approach ,Intensive care medicine ,Pandemics ,Review Articles ,Societies, Medical ,Coronavirus ,Transplantation ,SARS-CoV-2 ,business.industry ,COVID-19 ,Organ Transplantation ,Online community ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,business ,Immunosuppressive Agents - Abstract
An unprecedented global pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) has quickly overwhelmed the health care systems worldwide. While there is an absence of consensus among the community in how to manage solid organ transplant recipients and donors, a platform provided by the American Society of Transplantation online community “Outstanding Questions in Transplantation”, hosted a collaborative multicenter, multinational discussions to share knowledge in a rapidly evolving global situation. Here, we present a summary of the discussion in addition to the latest published literature.
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- 2020
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