COVID‐19 in hospitalized lung and non‐lung solid organ transplant recipients: A comparative analysis from a multicenter study

• Published in: American journal of transplantation Vol. 21; no. 8; pp. 2774 - 2784
• Main Authors: Heldman, Madeleine R., Kates, Olivia S., Safa, Kassem, Kotton, Camille N., Georgia, Sarah J., Steinbrink, Julie M., Alexander, Barbara D., Hemmersbach‐Miller, Marion, Blumberg, Emily A., Crespo, Maria M., Multani, Ashrit, Lewis, Angelica V., Eugene Beaird, Omer, Haydel, Brandy, La Hoz, Ricardo M., Moni, Lisset, Condor, Yesabeli, Flores, Sandra, Munoz, Carlos G., Guitierrez, Juan, Diaz, Esther I., Diaz, Daniela, Vianna, Rodrigo, Guerra, Giselle, Loebe, Matthias, Rakita, Robert M., Malinis, Maricar, Azar, Marwan M., Hemmige, Vagish, McCort, Margaret E., Chaudhry, Zohra S., Singh, Pooja, Hughes, Kailey, Velioglu, Arzu, Yabu, Julie M., Morillis, Jose A., Mehta, Sapna A., Tanna, Sajal D., Ison, Michael G., Tomic, Rade, Candace Derenge, Ariella, Duin, David, Maximin, Adrienne, Gilbert, Carlene, Goldman, Jason D., Sehgal, Sameep, Weisshaar, Dana, Girgis, Reda E., Nelson, Joanna, Lease, Erika D., Limaye, Ajit P., Fisher, Cynthia E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Limited 01.08.2021
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; clinical research/practice; Cohort Studies; Comparative analysis; Congestive heart failure; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Death; Hospitalization; Humans; infection and infectious agents ‐ viral; infectious disease; Lung; lung (allograft) function/dysfunction; lung disease: infectious; Lung transplantation; lung transplantation/pulmonology; Lung transplants; Mortality; Organ Transplantation - adverse effects; organ transplantation in general; Regression analysis; Risk factors; SARS-CoV-2; Transplant Recipients; Xenografts; lung (allograft) function/dysfunction; infectious disease; organ transplantation in general; clinical research/practice; lung transplantation/pulmonology; infection and infectious agents - viral; lung disease: infectious

Lung transplant recipients (LTR) with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) may have higher mortality than non‐lung solid organ transplant recipients (SOTR), but direct comparisons are limited. Risk factors for mortality specifically in LTR have not been explored. We performed a multicenter cohort stu...