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Kidney Transplantation during the First Year of COVID-19 Pandemic in Our Center
Cuenca Ramírez, M. D; Moratalla Charcos, L. M; López González, J. A; Planelles Gómez, J; Vidal Moreno, J. F.
Affiliation
  • Cuenca Ramírez, M. D; Hospital Doctor Peset Aleixandre. Valencia. España
  • Moratalla Charcos, L. M; Hospital Doctor Peset Aleixandre. Valencia. España
  • López González, J. A; Hospital Doctor Peset Aleixandre. Valencia. España
  • Planelles Gómez, J; Hospital Doctor Peset Aleixandre. Valencia. España
  • Vidal Moreno, J. F; Hospital Doctor Peset Aleixandre. Valencia. España
Arch. esp. urol. (Ed. impr.) ; 75(6): 559-566, Aug. 28, 2022. tab, ilus
Article in Es | IBECS | ID: ibc-209637
Responsible library: ES1.1
Localization: ES15.1 - BNCS
ABSTRACT
Introduction: SARS-CoV2 pandemic has altered the normal activity in our day-to-day life. During the most critical moments of the pandemic at the hospital, attendance and programmed activities had to be reduced to a minimum, including kidney transplants. Hospitals with this kind of activity had to suspend or restructure it due to the decrease in the number of donors with a solid organ donation profile, the lack of knowledge as to whether the disease could be transmitted through transplantation or the risk that was believed to be associated with the admission of patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease or immunosuppressive treatment. Methods: A retrospective review of all patients who had received a kidney transplant at Doctor Peset University Hospital in Valencia was performed from March 2020 to March 2021. The objective was to study the safety of kidney transplantation and the incidence of COVID-19 disease in kidney transplant patients during this pandemic period. Results: 56 cases of kidney transplantation were included, most of them male with an average age of 56 years old, and variable comorbidity such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, an average body mass index of 26 and undergoing renal replacement therapy by hemodialysis. Regarding the organ donors, more than 50% were male patients and the donation was in encephalic death. The average cold ischemia time was 15 hours. Postoperative complications were mostly graded I and II in the Clavien-Dindo classification. 5.4% of the recipients had passed the SARS-CoV2 infection prior to the transplant and 5.4% were infected with COVID-19 after the transplant. Conclusion: In our experience, the current kidney transplant program seems viable and safe, even during periods of health emergencies (AU)
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Introducción: La pandemia por SARS-CoV2 ha alterado la actividad habitual en nuestro día a día. Durante losmomentos más críticos de la pandemia a nivel hospitalariose tuvieron que reducir al mínimo la presencialidad y la actividad programada, incluyendo dentro de ésta el trasplanterenal. Los hospitales con dicha actividad tuvieron que suspenderla o bien reestructurarla debido a la disminución en elnúmero de donantes con perfil para la donación de órganossólidos, al desconocimiento de si la enfermedad podía transmitirse a través del trasplante o al riesgo que se creía quepodría conllevar ingresar pacientes con enfermedad renalcrónica terminal o en tratamiento inmunosupresor.Métodos: Se realizó una revisión retrospectiva de lospacientes que recibieron un trasplante renal en el Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset de Valencia desde marzo de2020 hasta marzo de 2021 con el objetivo de estudiar la seguridad del trasplante renal y la incidencia de enfermedadpor COVID-19 en los pacientes trasplantados renales durante este periodo de pandemia.Resultados: Se incluyeron 56 casos de trasplante renal, la mayor parte de ellos de sexo masculino, con una edadmedia de 56 años, un índice de masa corporal medio de 26 yen tratamiento renal sustitutivo mayoritariamente mediantehemodiálisis (50%). Con respecto a los donantes, más del50% eran de sexo masculino y la donación fue en muerteencefálica. El tiempo medio de isquemia fría fue de 15 horas. Las complicaciones posquirúrgicas fueron en su mayoría de grado I y II en la clasificación de Clavien-Dindo.Un 5.4% de los receptores habían pasado la infección porSARS-CoV2 previamente al trasplante y un 5.4% se infectaron por COVID-19 posteriormente al trasplante.Conclusión: En nuestra experiencia, parece viable yseguro el programa de trasplante renal vigente, incluso durante periodos de emergencia sanitaria. (AU)
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Collection: 06-national / ES Database: IBECS Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Kidney Transplantation / Coronavirus Infections / Pandemics / Patient Safety / Kidney Failure, Chronic Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male Language: Es Journal: Arch. esp. urol. (Ed. impr.) Year: 2022 Document type: Article
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Collection: 06-national / ES Database: IBECS Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Kidney Transplantation / Coronavirus Infections / Pandemics / Patient Safety / Kidney Failure, Chronic Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male Language: Es Journal: Arch. esp. urol. (Ed. impr.) Year: 2022 Document type: Article