CASE REPORT: UNEXPECTED OUTCOME IN PATIENT WITH LIVER TRANSPLANT WITH COVID 19 PNEUMONIA
Authors/Creators
- 1. Internal Medicine Unit/Gastroenterology, Hatta Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- 2. General Surgery Department, Hatta Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- 3. Accident and Emergency department, Hatta Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
- 4. Radiology department, Hatta Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outcomes and severity of COVID-19 are dependent on comorbidities such as diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases including hypertension, kidney disease, pulmonary disease, and age[1,2,3]Since December 2019, the whole world suffers from (SARS-CoV-2) that was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020[4]Liver transplant (LT) recipients, being immunosuppressed, are prone to severe infections [5]. Therefore, the presence of comorbidities and chronic immunosuppression may increase the risk of severe COVID-19 among liver transplant recipients [6],[7].
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