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. 2021 May 20;40(8):1018–1023. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000002748

TABLE 2.

Recovered Donors Testing Positive for SARS-CoV-2 With Postmortem Testing

Donor Donor Age Cause of Death Testing Site COVID Exposure Potential COVID Symptoms Chest X-Ray Days Before Death With Negative Test Medical Director Consulted
1 51 Heart disease Eversight None Dry cough and weakness that resolved 1 day before death N/A Yes
2* 66 Heart disease Eversight None None N/A No
3 67 Heart disease Eversight None Chronic cough because of medication N/A No
4 64 Other Eversight None None N/A No
5* 72 Respiratory disease Eversight None None Unremarkable 4 No
6 66 Cancer Eversight None None N/A 5 No
7* 59 Cerebrovascular accident Eversight None Developed pneumonia in hospital Stable dense retrocardiac consolidation 13 Yes
8 72 Respiratory disease Eversight None Difficulty breathing for 2 days and a dry cough for a few weeks N/A Yes
9 57 Cerebrovascular accident Eversight None Respiratory complaints for 1 day Diffuse interstitial infiltrates bilaterally Yes
10 17 Trauma Eversight None None N/A No
11 70 Cancer Eversight None None N/A 11, 16, and 21 No
12 35 Trauma Eversight None None Unremarkable 5 No
13 70 Cerebrovascular accident Eversight None None Unremarkable 9 No
14 60 Heart disease OPO None None N/A No
15 41 Other OPO None None N/A No
*

Donors would not have been released for transplant because of issues with tissue unrelated to COVID (eg, positive serologies and low cell counts).