A National Survey of Practice Patterns for Accepting Living Kidney Donors With Prior COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A critical question facing transplant programs is whether, when, and how to safely accept living kidney donors (LKDs) who have recovered from COVID-19 infection. The purpose of the study is to understand current practices related to accepting these LKDs.

Methods

We surveyed US transplant programs from 3 September through 3 November 2020. Center level and participant level responses were analyzed.

Results

A total of 174 respondents from 115 unique centers responded, representing 59% of US LKD programs and 72.4% of 2019 and 72.5% of 2020 LKD volume (Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network-OPTN 2021). In all, 48.6% of responding centers had received inquiries from such LKDs, whereas 44.3% were currently evaluating. A total of 98 donors were in the eval

SUBMITTER: Jan MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8123405 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature