%0 Journal Article
%A Pascual, Julio
%A Melilli, Edoardo
%A Jimenez-Martin, Carlos
%A Gonzalez-Monte, Esther
%A Zarraga, Sofía
%A Gutierrez-Dalmau, Alex
%A Lopez-Jimenez, Veronica
%A Juega, Javier
%A Muñoz-Cepeda, Miguel
%A Lorenzo, Inmaculada
%A Facundo, Carme
%A Ruiz-Fuentes, Maria Del Carmen
%A Mazuecos, Auxiliadora
%A Sanchez-Alvarez, Emilio
%A Crespo, Marta
%T COVID-19-related Mortality During the First 60 Days After Kidney Transplantation.
%D 2020
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15880
%X The COVID-19 pandemic prompted the decision to suspend most organ transplantation programs in affected countries, especially in Europe [1]. A recent large population-based report revealed that the cohort at highest risk of in-hospital death due to COVID-19 was the organ transplant population, with a hazard ratio of 4.27 [2]. Published experiences have been restricted to long-term stable kidney transplant (KT) recipients. Despite initial low mortality reported from China [3], further case series have shown mortality rates of up to 75% [4]. The decision to suspend KT programs has been arbitrary, as no reports of COVID-19 in the most vulnerable population, that is, patients with a very recent KT and profound immunosuppression, are available.
%K Transplants
%K Decision Making
%K Mortality
%K Immunosuppression Therapy
%K Organ Transplantation
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