First lung transplant in Wuhan for a critical and elderly COVID‐19 patient
Abstract Introduction We report the case of a 65‐year‐old Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) patient with pneumonia and subsequent end‐stage pulmonary failure who required 63 days of mechanical ventilation (MV) and 62 days of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Methods On Day 45, a comprehe...
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| author | Bo Wang Jie Huang Micheal Hsin Jingyu Chen Huiqing Lin |
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| description | Abstract Introduction We report the case of a 65‐year‐old Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) patient with pneumonia and subsequent end‐stage pulmonary failure who required 63 days of mechanical ventilation (MV) and 62 days of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Methods On Day 45, a comprehensive interdisciplinary discussion on the best course of treatment resulted in the general consensus that his lungs would not recover. As such, he was evaluated and listed for a lung transplant. Results We performed a bilateral lung transplant, and the patient was weaned off ECMO and MV postoperatively. This is the first report of lung transplants in patients with COVID‐19 in Wuhan. Conclusions We suggest that a lung transplantation may be a viable treatment for patients with end‐stage pulmonary failure secondary to COVID‐19 in selected situations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3f29c702cd014470b207e51fbfc7af282022-12-21T23:12:16ZengWileyImmunity, Inflammation and Disease2050-45272021-12-01941500150710.1002/iid3.501First lung transplant in Wuhan for a critical and elderly COVID‐19 patientBo Wang0Jie Huang1Micheal Hsin2Jingyu Chen3Huiqing Lin4Department of Thoracic Surgery Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University Wuhan Hubei Province ChinaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University Wuhan Hubei Province ChinaDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery Queen Mary Hospital Hong Kong ChinaWuxi Lung Transplant Center Wuxi People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University Wuxi Jiangsu ChinaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University Wuhan Hubei Province ChinaAbstract Introduction We report the case of a 65‐year‐old Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) patient with pneumonia and subsequent end‐stage pulmonary failure who required 63 days of mechanical ventilation (MV) and 62 days of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Methods On Day 45, a comprehensive interdisciplinary discussion on the best course of treatment resulted in the general consensus that his lungs would not recover. As such, he was evaluated and listed for a lung transplant. Results We performed a bilateral lung transplant, and the patient was weaned off ECMO and MV postoperatively. This is the first report of lung transplants in patients with COVID‐19 in Wuhan. Conclusions We suggest that a lung transplantation may be a viable treatment for patients with end‐stage pulmonary failure secondary to COVID‐19 in selected situations.https://doi.org/10.1002/iid3.501COVID‐19lung transplantpulmonary failure |
| spellingShingle | Bo Wang Jie Huang Micheal Hsin Jingyu Chen Huiqing Lin First lung transplant in Wuhan for a critical and elderly COVID‐19 patient Immunity, Inflammation and Disease COVID‐19 lung transplant pulmonary failure |
| title | First lung transplant in Wuhan for a critical and elderly COVID‐19 patient |
| title_full | First lung transplant in Wuhan for a critical and elderly COVID‐19 patient |
| title_fullStr | First lung transplant in Wuhan for a critical and elderly COVID‐19 patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | First lung transplant in Wuhan for a critical and elderly COVID‐19 patient |
| title_short | First lung transplant in Wuhan for a critical and elderly COVID‐19 patient |
| title_sort | first lung transplant in wuhan for a critical and elderly covid 19 patient |
| topic | COVID‐19 lung transplant pulmonary failure |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/iid3.501 |
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