Prevalence and Characteristics of Covid-19-Associated Pulmonary Diagnoses in Lung Transplant Patients in the United States
American Journal of Transplantation
; 22(Supplement 3):348, 2022.
Article
in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2063374
ABSTRACT
Purpose:
Lung transplant may be a viable treatment option for select patients with non-recoverable COVID-19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and COVID-19-associated pulmonary fibrosis. This study aims to characterize the utilization and outcomes of lung transplant among patients with COVID-19- associated ARDS and pulmonary fibrosis. Method(s) We analyzed the Organ Procurement Transplant Network database to characterize the prevalence and characteristics of patients with COVID-19-associated ARDS and pulmonary fibrosis who were added to the waiting list and/or received a lung transplant between March 13, 2020 and July 31, 2021. Result(s) We found that 207 lung candidate registrations were added to the waiting list and 182 lung transplants were conducted for patients with COVID-19-associated ARDS or pulmonary fibrosis. The majority of lung candidates and lung transplant recipients with COVID-19-associated diagnoses were male, had private insurance, were disproportionately Hispanic and had a higher lung allocation scores (LAS) compared to patients with non-COVID-19 diagnoses. There was no significant difference in 30-day post-transplant survival among recipients with COVID-19- associated diagnoses compared to non-COVID-19 diagnoses. Conclusion(s) Future research on post-transplant outcomes among lung transplant recipients with COVID-19-associated diagnoses is warranted. Further study of outcomes may assist in refining the appropriate LAS waitlist mortality and posttransplant survival scoring for these patients. (Figure Presented).
adult; adult respiratory distress syndrome; conference abstract; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; diagnosis; graft recipient; graft survival; Hispanic; hospital admission; human; insurance; lung fibrosis; male; mortality; organ transplantation; outcome assessment; prevalence; surgery; United States
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Type of study:
Observational study
Language:
English
Journal:
American Journal of Transplantation
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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