COVID-19 versus applied infection control policies in a Major Transplant Center in Iran.
Mojtaba ShafiekhaniTahmoores NiknamSeyed Ahmad TaraParviz MardaniKhatereh Mirzad JahromiSedigheh JafarianSara ArabsheybaniHalimeh NegahbanMajid HamzehnejadiZahra ZareKhadijeh Ghaedi GhaliniAli GhasemnezhadMahmoud AkbariReza ShahriariradSeyed Ali MalekHosseiniPublished in: Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E (2023)
We demonstrated that the COVID-19 pandemic had a noticeable influence on our transplant center in aspects of delaying surgery and increased hospital costs and burden. However, by implanting proper protocols, we were able to was able to provide early detection for COVID-19 and apply necessary treatment and prevention protocols to safeguard the patients under its coverage, especially immunocompromised patients.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- coronavirus disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- minimally invasive
- risk factors
- coronary artery disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- drug induced