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23 April 2021: Original Paper

A Single-Center Experience with Lung Transplants During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Wojtek Karolak 1ABE , Elżbieta Woźniak-Grygiel 2CE , Monika Łącka 3BC , Jacek Wojarski 1BG , Salma Ali Addo 4EF , Adith Kumaravel 4EF , Salin Khan 4EF , Reema Shinde 4EF , Ikram Mukhtar Nuur 4EF , Feven Kifle Reta 4EF , Jan Rogowski 1G , Ewa Jassem 4EG , Krystyna Pastwa 1F , Aleksandra Pałasz 1B , Nikodem Ulatowski 1B , Sławomir Żegleń 24ADG*

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.929946

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e929946

Table 2 Recipient characteristics.

CharacteristicsLung transplant 2019 before COVID-19N=12Mean±SD/n (%)Lung transplant 2020 during COVID-19N=16Mean±SD/n (%)p
50.1±12.850.6±14.50.6197
 Female4 (33.3%)6 (37.6%)0.8143
 Male8 (66.6%)10 (62.5%)0.8227
 COPD8 (66.6%)5 (31.3%)0.0638
 CF1 (8.3%)2 (12.5%)0.7220
 IPF2 (16.6%)2 (12.5%)0.7588
 IPAH++++1 (8.3%)3 (18.8%)0.4322
 EAA0 (0.0%)1 (6.3%)0.3758
 UIP0 (0.0%)2 (12.5%)0.2037
 COVID0 (0.0%)1 (6.3%)0.3758
 ECMO5 (41.6%)12 (75.0%)0.0734
 Off pump6 (50.0%)2 (12.5%)0.0297
 Conversion to ECMO1 (8.3%)2 (12.5%)0.7220
COVID-19 – corona virus disease – 2019; COPD – chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CF – cystic fibrosis; IPF – idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; IPAH – idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension; EAA – extrinsic allergic alveolitis; UIP – usual interstitial pneumonia; COVID – COVID-19 related fibrosis; ECMO – extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation; SD – standard deviation.

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Annals of Transplantation eISSN: 2329-0358
Annals of Transplantation eISSN: 2329-0358