A Systematic Review of COVID-19 Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Universal Effort to Preserve Patients' Lives and Allografts

A Systematic Review of COVID-19 Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Universal Effort to Preserve Patients' Lives and Allografts

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a significant challenge to physicians and healthcare systems worldwide. Evidence about kidney transplant (KTx) recipients is still limited. A systematic literature review was performed. We included 63 articles published from 1 January until...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of clinical medicine 2020-09, Vol.9 (9), p.2986
Hauptverfasser: Marinaki, Smaragdi, Tsiakas, Stathis, Korogiannou, Maria, Grigorakos, Konstantinos, Papalois, Vassilios, Boletis, Ioannis
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Sprache:eng
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Clinical medicine
Clinical outcomes
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Creatinine
Cytokines
Fatalities
Hepatitis
Hospitalization
Infections
Kidney transplants
Patients
Review
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Systematic review
Viral infections
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Zusammenfassung:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a significant challenge to physicians and healthcare systems worldwide. Evidence about kidney transplant (KTx) recipients is still limited. A systematic literature review was performed. We included 63 articles published from 1 January until 7 July 2020, reporting on 420 adult KTx recipients with confirmed COVID-19. The mean age of patients was 55 ± 15 years. There was a male predominance (67%). The majority (74%) were deceased donor recipients, and 23% were recently transplanted (
ISSN:2077-0383
2077-0383
DOI:10.3390/jcm9092986