A third of donated livers don’t meet desired transplant criteria and aren’t used here in the UK. But that could soon all change as consultant surgeon Hynek Mergental explains about liver perfusion and the VITTAL study: https://t.co/Ek1NCCZXtD
Is anyone else beginning to wonder what the point of publishing numbers on COVID-19 infected people in the UK is if the testing rate is so low? The only objective metric in that scenario is likely to be deaths...
On testing: there is no testing. And no contact tracing. Even for those with symptoms. Health workers are being exposed to danger. There is no clear guidance either nationally or locally.
Idris Elba now joins Tom Hanks and others on the growing list of celebrities with #COVID19. None of them appear that unwell. Why are they getting access to diagnostic testing when this remains so difficult to healthcare professionals and the general public?
@Dbashz@richlaing@drrichardparker@NeilRajJ1@jfergus75@Rela_Institute @AutoImmuneLiver @NHSBT@LancetGastroHep It’s important to be pragmatic throughout all of this. Every attempt will be made to keep life-saving procedures available, but the weeks ahead are unpredictable. Testing takes minimum of 48hrs to come back - so donor testing is not practical and is unlikely to influence outcome
Current advice from the British Transplant Society regarding COVID-19 and solid organ transplant recipients, organ donation and acute transplantation. Advice likely to change daily - check NHS and government sites for details.
There has been a lot of interest in this trial @TheLancet of albumin in decompensated cirrhosis https://t.co/jElsg69oQr - but is it really the ANSWER it claims to be? Follow this thread for why we should QUESTION the findings #cirrhosis#liver