Introduction: Kidney transplant recipients and patients on the waiting list for kidney transplant who acquire SARS-CoV-2 infection are at serious risk of developing severe COVID-19, with an increased risk of mortality for the their immunosuppressive state; other risk factors for mortality have been identified in some comorbidities such as obesity, diabetes, asthma and chronic lung disease. Materials and methods: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a sharp reduction in kidney transplants in most countries, mainly due to the concern of patients on the waiting list for their potential increased susceptibility to acquire SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare facilities and for the difficulties of transplant centers to ensure full activity as hospitals have had to focus most of their attention on COVID-19 patients. Indeed, while the infection curve continued its exponential rise, there was a vertical decline in kidney donation/transplant activity. Conclusion: This review article focuses on the damage induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection on kidney and on the adverse effect of this pandemic on the entire kidney transplant sector.

Renal involvement in COVID-19: focus on kidney transplant sector / Sagnelli, Caterina; Sica, Antonello; Gallo, Monica; Peluso, Gaia; Varlese, Filippo; D'Alessandro, Vincenzo; Ciccozzi, Massimo; Crocetto, Felice; Garofalo, Carlo; Fiorelli, Alfonso; Iannuzzo, Gabriella; Reginelli, Alfonso; Schonauer, Fabrizio; Santangelo, Michele; Sagnelli, Evangelista; Creta, Massimiliano; Calogero, Armando. - In: INFECTION. - ISSN 0300-8126. - 49:6(2021), pp. 1265-1275. [10.1007/s15010-021-01706-6]

Renal involvement in COVID-19: focus on kidney transplant sector

Gallo, Monica;Peluso, Gaia;Varlese, Filippo;Crocetto, Felice;Iannuzzo, Gabriella;Schonauer, Fabrizio;Santangelo, Michele;Creta, Massimiliano;Calogero, Armando
2021

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Introduction: Kidney transplant recipients and patients on the waiting list for kidney transplant who acquire SARS-CoV-2 infection are at serious risk of developing severe COVID-19, with an increased risk of mortality for the their immunosuppressive state; other risk factors for mortality have been identified in some comorbidities such as obesity, diabetes, asthma and chronic lung disease. Materials and methods: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a sharp reduction in kidney transplants in most countries, mainly due to the concern of patients on the waiting list for their potential increased susceptibility to acquire SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare facilities and for the difficulties of transplant centers to ensure full activity as hospitals have had to focus most of their attention on COVID-19 patients. Indeed, while the infection curve continued its exponential rise, there was a vertical decline in kidney donation/transplant activity. Conclusion: This review article focuses on the damage induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection on kidney and on the adverse effect of this pandemic on the entire kidney transplant sector.
2021
Renal involvement in COVID-19: focus on kidney transplant sector / Sagnelli, Caterina; Sica, Antonello; Gallo, Monica; Peluso, Gaia; Varlese, Filippo; D'Alessandro, Vincenzo; Ciccozzi, Massimo; Crocetto, Felice; Garofalo, Carlo; Fiorelli, Alfonso; Iannuzzo, Gabriella; Reginelli, Alfonso; Schonauer, Fabrizio; Santangelo, Michele; Sagnelli, Evangelista; Creta, Massimiliano; Calogero, Armando. - In: INFECTION. - ISSN 0300-8126. - 49:6(2021), pp. 1265-1275. [10.1007/s15010-021-01706-6]
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