Patterns in Use and Transplant Outcomes Among Adult Recipients of Kidneys From Deceased Donors With COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

While the COVID-19 pandemic enters a new phase and the proportion of individuals with a previous COVID-19 diagnosis increases, the national patterns in kidney use and medium-term kidney transplant (KT) outcomes among patients receiving kidneys from active or resolved COVID-19-positive donors remain unknown.

Objective

To evaluate the patterns in kidney use and KT outcomes among adult recipients of kidneys from deceased donors with active or resolved COVID-19.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study was conducted using national US transplant registry data from 35 851 deceased donors (71 334 kidneys) and 45 912 adult patients who received KTs from March 1, 2020, to March 30, 2023.

Exposure

The exposure was donor SARS-CoV-2 nucl

SUBMITTER: Ji M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10230314 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature