Lung transplantation for patients with severe COVID-19

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Case studies and autopsy results are confirming that, in some cases, COVID-19 can cause such severe lung damage that patients require a lung transplant to survive.

In a new study, researchers in Chicago analyzed discarded tissue from COVID-19 patients who had lung transplants and from patients who died of the disease. They found that COVID-19 can destroy the "fundamental framework" of the lungs, meaning the organs simply cannot recover.

That means a patient's treatment choices become very limited.

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