Long-term follow-up of SARS-CoV-2 recovered renal transplant recipients: A single-center experience from India.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Follow-up studies of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) are scarcely reported.

Methods

We studied 142 hospitalized KTR for a median (interquartile range) follow-up of 9 (8-11) months who recovered from SARS-CoV-2 during May 2020 to Dec 2020. The outcomes were to assess persistent symptoms post-discharge; EuroQoL visual analogue score (EQ-VAS); EuroQoL 5-dimension score (E5-QD-5L) score and modified medical research dyspnea score (mMRC) at 1 month, 3-month, and beyond 6 months. Graft outcome was also analyzed.

Results

The age of the cohort was 43 (34-69) years and COVID-19 severity ranged from asymptomatic (4%), mild (50%), moderate (35%) to severe (12%). The most common persistent symptom was

SUBMITTER: Chauhan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8646905 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature