Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes (Jun 2022)

Multidisciplinary Approach for Lung Transplantation due to COVID-19

  • Archer Kilbourne Martin, MD,
  • Sadia Z. Shah, MD, MBA,
  • Pramod K. Guru, MBBS,
  • Sanjay Chaudhary, MD,
  • Pablo Moreno Franco, MD,
  • Ian Makey, MD,
  • Ashley Virginia Fritz, DO,
  • Si M. Pham, MD,
  • Mathew Thomas, MBBS, MD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3
pp. 200 – 208

Abstract

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel etiology of end-stage lung disease, has resulted in major disruptions to the process of health care delivery worldwide. These disruptions have led to team-based innovations globally, resulting in a broad range of new processes in cardiopulmonary perioperative management. A key intersection of multidisciplinary teamwork and COVID-19 is found in lung transplantation, in which diverse teams collaborate throughout the perioperative period to achieve optimal outcomes. In this article, we describe the multidisciplinary approach taken by Mayo clinic in Florida to manage patients with COVID-19 presenting for lung transplantation.