Successful Liver Transplantation in a Patient With Acute COVID-19 Infection and Acute Liver Failure: A Case Report

Kristen M. Kidson, MD, FRCPC; Jeieung Park, MD, FRCPC; Marthe K. Charles, MD, MSc, FRCPC; Mahmoud Omar, MD, MSc; Mel Krajden, MD, FRCPC; Alissa J. Wright, MD, MSc, FRCPC; Trana Hussaini, PharmD; Peter T. W. Kim, MD, MSc, FRCSC; Stephen W. Chung, MD, PhD, FRCSC; Eric M. Yoshida, MD, MHSc, FRCPC

doi:10.1097/TXD.0000000000001210

Transplantation Direct (Oct 2021)

Successful Liver Transplantation in a Patient With Acute COVID-19 Infection and Acute Liver Failure: A Case Report

Kristen M. Kidson, MD, FRCPC,
Jeieung Park, MD, FRCPC,
Marthe K. Charles, MD, MSc, FRCPC,
Mahmoud Omar, MD, MSc,
Mel Krajden, MD, FRCPC,
Alissa J. Wright, MD, MSc, FRCPC,
Trana Hussaini, PharmD,
Peter T. W. Kim, MD, MSc, FRCSC,
Stephen W. Chung, MD, PhD, FRCSC,
Eric M. Yoshida, MD, MHSc, FRCPC

Affiliations

Kristen M. Kidson, MD, FRCPC: 1 Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Jeieung Park, MD, FRCPC: 1 Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Marthe K. Charles, MD, MSc, FRCPC: 3 Division of Medical Microbiology & Infection Control, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Mahmoud Omar, MD, MSc: 5 Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Mel Krajden, MD, FRCPC: 4 Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Alissa J. Wright, MD, MSc, FRCPC: 7 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Trana Hussaini, PharmD: 8 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Peter T. W. Kim, MD, MSc, FRCSC: 9 Department of General Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Stephen W. Chung, MD, PhD, FRCSC: 9 Department of General Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Eric M. Yoshida, MD, MHSc, FRCPC: 6 Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Al Minufiyah, Egypt.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001210
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 10
p. e747

Abstract

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Current liver transplantation societies recommend recipients with active coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) be deferred from transplantation for at least 2 wks, have symptom resolution and at least 1 negative severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) test.1 This approach does not address patients who require urgent transplantation and will otherwise die from liver failure. We report a successful orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) in a patient with active COVID-19 infection. This is only the second to be reported worldwide and the first in Canada.

Published in Transplantation Direct

ISSN: 2373-8731 (Online)
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
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