COVID‐19 infection in pediatric solid organ transplant patients

Autor: Nicole Hayde, Jacqueline M. Lamour, Debora Kogan-Liberman, Ryan Cunningham, Kimberly D. Beddows, Nadia Ovchinsky, Daphne T. Hsu, Maura Coburn, Lincy Abraham, Neha Bansal, Marc Foca, Trang Nguyen
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Pediatric Transplantation
ISSN: 1399-3046
1397-3142
DOI: 10.1111/petr.14156
Popis: Background Adult SOT recipients with COVID‐19 have higher mortality rates when compared to general population. There is paucity of data on outcomes in pediatric SOT recipients. Methods This is a cross‐sectional study investigating the prevalence of COVID‐19 infection and outcomes in pediatric SOT (heart, liver, and kidney) recipients. We extracted demographic and clinical characteristics and COVID‐19 testing (PCR or [Ab] test) results from medical records. Clinical characteristics were compared between patients who were positive for COVID‐19 (PCR or Ab) and those who did not, using Mann‐Whitney, Student's t test, or chi‐square test. p value
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