Articles tagged "Pneumonia"

2021 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Severe Covid-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients in the First and Second Waves: Analysis of the Spanish Registry
M. Crespo¹, A. Mazuecos², I. Pérez-Flores³, F. Moreso⁴, A. Andrés⁵, C. Jimenez⁶, M. Molina⁷, C. Canal⁸, L. Sánchez-Cámara⁹, S. Zárraga¹⁰, M. Ruiz Fuentes¹¹, M. Aladrén¹², E. Melilli¹³, V. López¹⁴, E. Sanchez¹⁵, J. Pascual for Spanish Nephro Society Covid-Registry¹
¹Nephrology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, ²Nephrology, Hospital Puerta del Mar, Cadiz, Spain, ³Nephrology, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Nephrology, Hospital Valle Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Nephrology, Hospital 12 Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ⁶Nephrology, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Nephrology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸Nephrology, Fundacio Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Nephrology, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Nephrology, Hospital de Cruces, Bilbao, Spain, ¹¹Nephrology, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain, ¹²Nephrology, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain, ¹³Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation, Hospital de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁴Nephrology, Hospital Regional de Málaga, Malaga, Spain, ¹⁵Nephrology, Hospital de Cabueñes, Gijon, Spain
*Purpose: To better know the impact and characteristics of Covid-19 in renal patients, the Spanish Society of Nephrology set up a voluntary registry in March,…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes of Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Treated with Remdesivir and Convalescent Plasma for Covid-19 at the Largest Transplant Center in the United States
A. Fernandez, S. Anjan, A. Chandorkar, D. de Lima, R. Zamora, L. A. Mendez-Castaner, J. Simkins, J. Camargo, M. Morris, M. Loebe, J. Bauerlein, C. O’Brien, N. Sinha, G. Burke, G. Ciancio, A. Mattiazzi, R. Vianna, L. Abbo, G. Guerra, Y. Natori
Miami Transplant Institute, Jackson Health System, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Solid organ transplant recipients (SOTr) are at high risk for severe disease with SARS-CoV-2. Data on efficacy of potential treatment options and long-term outcomes…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Polyfunctional T-cell Impairment to Sars-cov-2 Coronavirus in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients with Acute Covid-19 Infection
A. Favà¹, L. Donadeu², V. Pernin³, M. Meneghini¹, E. Crespo², N. Sabé⁴, L. Lladó⁵, J. Gonzalez-Costello⁶, O. Thaunat⁷, O. Bestard¹
¹Kidney Transplantation Unit, Bellvitge University Hospital- IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona, Spain, ²Experimental Nephrology Laboratory, IDIBELL, Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona, Spain, ³Kidney Transplant Unit, Hospital de Montpellier, Montpellier, France, ⁴Infectious Disease Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Liver Transplant Unit, Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Heart Transplantation Unit, Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Department of Transplantation, Edouard Herriot Hospital Lyon, Lyon, France
*Purpose: The emerged COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has paralyzed the world, due to its high infectivity and fatal outcomes, especially among more vulnerable individuals.…
2021 American Transplant Congress
COVID-19 Infection in Kidney versus Non-kidney Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Study
J. Schaenman¹, H. Byford², T. R. Grogan³, S. Fraschilla², K. Meneses⁴, J. C. Alejos⁵, M. Rivera⁶, S. Saab⁷
¹Infectious Diseases, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Transplant Administration, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ³Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Liver Transplantation, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Pediatric Heart Transplantation, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Pediatric Kidney Transplantation, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁷Liver Transplantation, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant morbidity and mortality in patients around the world. A significant impact has been observed in immunocompromised patients such…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes of Culture-Positive Pneumonia in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
L. Rice¹, A. C. Kalil², D. Hixson², M. Leick³
¹Monument Health, Rapid City, SD, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, NE
*Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the differences in clinical outcomes of culture-positive pneumonia in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients compared to…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Covid vs Non Covid Pneumonia in Kidney Transplant Recipients
R. Prashar, N. Khoury, P. Shrivastava, S. Yeddula, T. Kitajima, E. Ulrich, M. Ramesh, A. Patel, S. Nagai, M. Samaniego-Picota
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
*Purpose: Compare clinical characteristics and outcomes in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) hospitalized with COVID vs Non COVID Pneumonia.*Methods: This is a retrospective case‐control study examining…
2021 American Transplant Congress
COVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients in the Southeastern United States: A Single Center Experience
K. R. Kumm, S. H. Shawar, R. C. Forbes, B. P. Concepcion
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
*Purpose: The novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or COVID-19, has emerged as a viral pandemic and brought unprecedented challenges worldwide on…
2021 American Transplant Congress
COVID-19 in Hospitalized Kidney Transplant Recipients: Clinical Course, Prognostic Factors and Differences Between First and Second Waves
N. Macías, M. Rodríguez Ferrero, A. Acosta, J. Carbayo, Á. González Rojas, A. Muñoz de Morales, A. García Prieto, M. Goicoechea
Nephrology, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
*Purpose: The aim was to describe the clinical course and management of SARS-CoV-2 infection in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) hospitalized with COVID-19, identify risk factors…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Course and Outcomes in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients with Covid-19
R. C. Jackson¹, S. Challa², A. Halim¹, N. Kelly³, D. Maluf⁴, K. Shetty³, Z. Lominadze³
¹Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Internal Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown, Baltimore, MD, ³Program in Transplantation, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Program in Transplantation, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: We characterized the outcomes of COVID-19 in our population of solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs). Since these individuals are immunocompromised, with multiple comorbidities, we…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Signs Predictive of Covid-19 Mortality Among Transplant Recipients
D. Ginzberg¹, K. Pierce², E. Kreiger-Benson², M. Graves², H. Neumann³, N. Ali³, C. Gidea³, J. Park³, S. Mehta³
¹Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, ²New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³New York University Langone Transplant Institute, New York, NY
*Purpose: The presentation of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ranges from mild illness to severe respiratory failure. Disease progression may differ in immunocompromised patients and immunocompetent…