The impact of the COVID ‒19 pandemic on organ donation and transplantation in Hungary in 2020

CONCLUSION: The national organ transplantation program is safe: donor-derived SARS-CoV-2 transmission did not occur in Hungary. In addition to the organ donation potential and the COVID-19 pandemic, organ donation and transplantation activity decreased significantly in Hungary from March 2020 until the end of the year. Transient and smaller reductions in organ donation rates have been reported in most European countries. The number of organ transplants did not decrease as much as the number of donors, because more donor organs arrived in Hungary from the Eurotransplant than we sent abroad. Orv Hetil. 2021; 162(23): 890-896.PMID:34091437 | DOI:10.1556/650.2021.32268
Source: Orvosi Hetilap - Category: General Medicine Authors: Source Type: research