On May 10, the inter-hospital consultation of the lungs of the transplant pilot patient



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The Subcommittee on Treatment, Ministry of Health, plans on May 10 an inter-hospital consultation to assess the possibility of lung transplants for “91 patients.”

The Medical Services Administration has previously requested experts from Viet Duc Hospital, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health, and the National Coordination Center for Human Organ Transplantation to prepare a transplant plan. lungs to the patient.

This plan was also informed by the Subcommittee on the online meeting of international organizations on the Covid-19 testing and treatment strategy in the new phase, on May 7.

In Vietnam, there is Hospital 103 that receives a lung transplant from a living donor, two hospitals 108 and the Duke of Vietnam Hospital transplant the lungs of a deceased brain donor.

This is the only Covid-19 patient currently in critical condition. The patient’s lungs solidified. Experts consider lung transplantation.

In addition, liver enzymes and infections increase, patients are being treated with antibiotics, dialysis, ECMO intervention for the past month.

The samples of pancreatic juice samples analyzed in 6/5 were positive for nCoV, while the samples of blood and bronchial lavage were negative. Five previous tests were negative.

“Patient 91”, British pilot, 43 years old, 1.83 m tall, weighs 100 kg, body mass index (BMI) 30.1, level of obesity. He suffers from a blood clotting disorder, has a “cytokine storm” syndrome, an intense immune response, which means that the overactive immune system releases more cytokines against the body instead of protecting it.

Patients are resistant to all types of coagulopathy medications used in the country. The Ministry of Health must order rare medicines abroad for treatment.

Other serious patients have progressed well. The “patient 20”, 64, no longer interferes with ECMO, stops breathing, talks and eats food. She is practicing rehabilitation and nutrition.

As of tonight, Vietnam recorded 288 cases of Covid-19, 241 people recovered, which do not yet appear to be fatal. 47 patients are being treated at 6 medical examinations and treatment centers.

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