The care of kidney transplant recipients during a global pandemic: Challenges and strategies for success.
Transplant Rev (Orlando)
; 34(4): 100567, 2020 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-638515
ABSTRACT
The global pandemic of severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the novel beta coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19), has become an unprecedented medical, economic, and psychosocial crisis. The pandemic and its management strategies have resulted in immense challenges for health systems, not only in caring for those with COVID-19 but also in the ongoing management of chronic medical conditions. Kidney transplant recipients present a unique challenge given their need for ongoing monitoring and management as well as their higher risk of COVID-19 infection. In the absence of clear guidelines, it is unclear how to best provide routine care to this unique patient population during the pandemic. Rigorous medical and psychosocial patient-centered risk stratification strategies are needed to avoid adverse outcomes in stable solid organ transplant recipients. This review will focus on the challenges faced by kidney transplant recipients and health care providers and provides strategies to address these issues.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Kidney Transplantation
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
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Betacoronavirus
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Kidney Diseases
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Transplant Rev (Orlando)
Journal subject:
Transplantation
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.trre.2020.100567
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