Surgeons have performed a double-lung transplant on a COVID-19 patient in Chicago, the hospital that carried out the procedure said Thursday, in what is thought to be a first in the United States.
The patient is a young Hispanic woman in her twenties, and had spent six weeks on a life support machine in the intensive care unit of Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
It is believed to be the first time a double-lung transplant for a COVID-19 patient has taken place in the US. "For many days, she was the sickest person in the COVID ICU – and possibly the entire hospital," said Beth Malsin, a critical care doctor.
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