A Comparison Study of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outcomes in Hospitalized Kidney Transplant Recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can infect any human host, but kidney transplant recipients (KTR) are considered more susceptible on the basis of previous experience with other viral infections. We evaluated rates of hospital complications between SARS-CoV-2-positive KTR and comparator groups.

Methods

We extracted data from the electronic health record on patients who were hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2, testing at six hospitals from March 4 through September 9, 2020. We compared outcomes between SARS-CoV-2-positive KTR and controls: SARS-CoV-2-positive non-KTR, SARS-CoV-2-negative KTR, and SARS-CoV-2-negative non-KTR.

Results

Of 31,540 inpatients, 3213 tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. There were 32 SARS-CoV-2-positive and 224 SARS

SUBMITTER: Mansour SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8786009 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature