Transplantation - Lung
Three doses of an mRNA Covid-19 vaccine in solid-organ transplant recipients can improve the immunogenicity of the vaccine.
24 Jun, 2021 | 10:32h | UTC
Case series: Safety and immunogenicity of a third dose of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in solid organ transplant recipients.
15 Jun, 2021 | 08:59h | UTCCommentaries: For Transplant Recipients, Third Time May Be the Charm for Better COVID Vaccine Protection – Hopkins Medicine AND Extra COVID Vaccine May Help Protect Transplant Patients – Associated Press
Commentary on Twitter
Our report about 3rd vaccine doses in transplant patients is published! "It is encouraging that antibody titers increased after the 3rd dose in 1/3 of patients who had negative antibody titers and in all patients who had low-positive antibody titers"https://t.co/6XElwyIdAa
— Dorry Segev (@Dorry_Segev) June 14, 2021
Organ transplant recipients remain vulnerable to Covid-19 even after second vaccine dose.
6 May, 2021 | 09:03h | UTCOriginal Study: Antibody Response to 2-Dose SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine Series in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients – JAMA
Cohort study shows inadequate antibody response to mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine among kidney transplant recipients.
6 May, 2021 | 09:01h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
The studies of mRNA vax in people with transplants are getting bigger: still the same message. Some protection, but not enough. This time, 308 people with kidney transplants in Israel, BNT-Pfizer vaccine https://t.co/Otvt8F11my
— Hilda Bastian, PhD (@hildabast) May 6, 2021
Systematic review: Interventions for increasing solid organ donor registration
28 Apr, 2021 | 08:11h | UTCInterventions for increasing solid organ donor registration – Cochrane Library
Summary: Interventions for increasing solid organ donor registration – Cochrane Library
Japanese doctors perform world’s first living donor lung transplant to a Covid-19 patient
12 Apr, 2021 | 01:12h | UTCJapanese doctors perform world’s first living donor lung transplant to a Covid-19 patient – CNN
Review: Care for the organ transplant recipient on the intensive care unit
8 Apr, 2021 | 08:36h | UTCCare for the organ transplant recipient on the intensive care unit – Journal of Critical Care
Early outcomes after lung transplantation for severe COVID-19: a series of the first consecutive cases from four countries
5 Apr, 2021 | 01:49h | UTCCommentary: Criteria for selecting COVID-19 patients for lung lung transplantation – Medical University of Vienna
Commentary on Twitter
NEW Research—Lung transplantation is the only option for survival in some patients with severe, unresolving #COVID19-associated #ARDS
From Ankit Bharat & colleagues https://t.co/7u52IJSOIn, including a fantastic video abstract https://t.co/2cjfTLXR8R
— The Lancet Respiratory Medicine (@LancetRespirMed) April 1, 2021
Review: Post-Transplant Pregnancy and Contraception
23 Mar, 2021 | 02:10h | UTCPost-Transplant Pregnancy and Contraception – Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Immunogenicity of a single dose of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine in solid organ transplant recipients
17 Mar, 2021 | 02:55h | UTC
Lung transplants after Covid-19 raise difficult issues
5 Mar, 2021 | 08:36h | UTCLung transplants after Covid-19 raise difficult issues – STAT
Teleneurology-enabled determination of death by neurologic criteria after cardiac arrest or severe neurologic injury
2 Mar, 2021 | 01:32h | UTCTeleneurology-Enabled Determination of Death by Neurologic Criteria After Cardiac Arrest or Severe Neurologic Injury – Neurology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Report: Lung transplantation for 3 patients with severe COVID-19
16 Dec, 2020 | 09:34h | UTCLung transplantation for patients with severe COVID-19 – Science Translational Medicine
Commentaries: COVID-19 can damage lungs so badly that ‘only hope’ is transplant – MedicalXpress
Commentary on Twitter
Case reports from 3 patients with severe #COVID19 who received lung transplants show the disease can cause extensive lung damage similar to that seen in pulmonary #fibrosis, and hints transplantation may be a viable treatment. @NUFeinbergMed @ScienceTM https://t.co/wXi0tx8gFg pic.twitter.com/vyerJLlJxi
— Science Magazine (@ScienceMagazine) November 30, 2020