Table 2 Details of analyzed articles
From: The COVID-19 pandemic and organ donation and transplantation: ethical issues
Article name | Year | Topic (living donation vs. deceased donation, organ) | COVID-19 versus other pandemic | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ethical issues in the COVID era: doing the right thing depends on location, resources, and disease burden [1] | 2020 | Living and deceased donation, kidney, pancreas/kidney, liver | COVID-19 | Not applicable |
Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lung transplantation program in France [2] | 2020 | Deceased donation, lung | COVID-19 | France |
Challenges in abdominal organ transplantation during the COVID-19 pandemic [8] | 2020 | Living and deceased donation, kidney, liver | COVID-19, SARS and MERS | China, United States |
Practical considerations for solid organ transplantation during the COVID-19 global outbreak: the experience from Singapore [12] | 2020 | Living and deceased donation, lung, liver, heart | COVID-19, SARS | Singapore |
Use of SARS-CoV-2-infected deceased organ donors: should we always "just say no?" [13] | 2020 | Deceased donation, liver, heart, pancreas, kidney, lung, Intestine, blood borne transmission, stomach, heart | COVID-19, SARS and MERS | China, Canada, United States, Italy |
Benefit to few versus risk to many: an ethical dilemma during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic for deceased-donor organ transplant in a resource-limited developing country [17] | 2020 | Living and deceased donation, kidney, liver, heart | COVID-19 | India |
Transplantation during the COVID-19 pandemic: nothing noble is accomplished without danger [20] | 2020 | Living and deceased donation, liver | COVID-19, SARS, Ebola | Italy |
Utilization of deceased donors during a pandemic: argument against using SARS-CoV-2-positive donors [21] | 2020 | Deceased donation, blood transmission, liver, gastrointestinal, kidney, heart | COVID-19, SARS and MERS | United States |
Briefing note: consensus guidance for organ donation and transplantation services during COVID-19 pandemic [22] | 2020 | Living and deceased donation, kidney, liver, lung, gastrointestinal | COVID-19 | Canada, United Kingdom, Spain |
Ethical considerations regarding heart and lung transplantation and mechanical circulatory support during the COVID-19 pandemic: an ISHLT COVID-19 task force statement [23] | 2020 | Organ donation, heart and lung | COVID-19 | Not applicable |
Liver transplantation in the time of COVID19: barriers and ethical considerations for management and next steps [24] | 2020 | Living and deceased donation, liver | COVID-19 | United States, China, United Kingdom |
NHSBT/BTS guidance for clinicians on consent for solid organ transplantation in adults, children and young people and living organ donation in the context of COVID-19 [25] | 2020 | Living and deceased donation | COVID-19 | United Kingdom |
High-immunological risk living donor renal transplant during the COVID-19 outbreak: uncertainties and ethical dilemmas [26] | 2020 | Living donation, renal | COVID-19 | Singapore |
Coronavirus disease 2019: utilizing an ethical framework for rationing absolutely scarce health-care resources in transplant allocation decisions [28] | 2020 | Organ donation, liver, heart, lung, kidney | COVID-19 | United States |
COVID-19 international recommendations for ODT [29] | 2020 | Living and deceased donation, donation programs | COVID-19 | International |
To procure or not to procure: hospitals face significant ethical dilemmas regarding organ donation during the COVID-19 pandemic [30] | 2020 | Organ donation | COVID-19 | Not applicable |
In service of the patient and not the virus: a pragmatic assessment of the approach to transplantation in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic [31] | 2020 | Organ donation generally | COVID-19 | South Africa |
Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Surgical practice—Part 2 (surgical prioritisation) [35] | 2020 | Organ donation generally, kidney, liver, heart, | COVID-19 | United Kingdom |
Transplant programs during COVID-19: Unintended consequences for health inequality [37] | 2020 | Organ transplantation | COVID-19 | United States and United Kingdom |
Needs must: living donor liver transplantation from an HIV-positive mother to her HIV-negative child in Johannesburg, South Africa [42] | 2019 | Living and deceased donation, liver | HIV | South Africa |