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World J Clin Cases. Aug 16, 2021; 9(23): 6608-6623
Published online Aug 16, 2021. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i23.6608
Liver transplantation during global COVID-19 pandemic
Mostafa Alfishawy, Nso Nso, Mahmoud Nassar, Jonathan Ariyaratnam, Sakil Bhuiyan, Raheel S Siddiqui, Matthew Li, Howard Chung, Amira Al Balakosy, Ahmed Alqassieh, Tibor Fülöp, Vincent Rizzo, Ahmed Daoud, Karim M Soliman
Mostafa Alfishawy, Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Consultants and Academic Researchers of Egypt IDCARE, Cairo 0000, Egypt
Nso Nso, Mahmoud Nassar, Jonathan Ariyaratnam, Sakil Bhuiyan, Raheel S Siddiqui, Howard Chung, Vincent Rizzo, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NYC Health and Hospitals: Queens), New York, NY 11373, United States
Matthew Li, Clinical pharmacy department, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (NYC Health and Hospitals: Queens), New York, NY 11373, United States
Amira Al Balakosy, Tropical Medicine Department, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11517, Egypt
Ahmed Alqassieh, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, United States
Tibor Fülöp, Karim M Soliman, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, United States
Ahmed Daoud, Department of Medicine, Kasr Alainy Medical School, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt
Author contributions: Alfishawy M, Nso N, Nassar M, Ariyaratnam J, Bhuiyan S, Siddiqui RS, Li M, Chung H, Al Balakosy A, and Alqassieh A participated in writing the manuscript; Fülöp T, Rizzo V, Daoud A and Soliman KM reviewed the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest. Tibor Fulop is current employee of the United States Veterans Health Administration. However, the views and opinions expressed herewith do not reflect the official views or opinion endorsed by the United States Veteran Health Administrations.
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Corresponding author: Ahmed Daoud, MBChB, MD, MSc, PhD, Doctor, Lecturer, Staff Physician, Department of Medicine, Kasr Alainy Medical School, Cairo University, Kasr Alainy Street, Cairo 11562, Egypt. ahmed.daoud84@yahoo.com
Received: January 30, 2021
Peer-review started: January 30, 2021
First decision: May 2, 2021
Revised: June 2, 2021
Accepted: July 6, 2021
Article in press: July 6, 2021
Published online: August 16, 2021
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Core Tip

Core Tip: This targeted review aims to cover most of the clinical issues, challenges and concerns about liver transplantation during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and discuss the most updated literature on this rapidly emerging subject.