Evolving Impact of COVID-19 on Transplant Center Practices and Policies in the United States

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In our first survey of transplant centers in March 2020, >75% of kidney and liver programs were either suspended or operating under restrictions. To safely resume transplantation, we must understand the evolving impact of COVID-19 on transplant recipients and center-level practices. We therefore conducted a six-week follow-up survey May 7-15, 2020, and linked responses to the COVID-19 incidence map, with a response rate of 84%. Suspension of live donor transplantation decreased from 72% in March to 30% in May for kidneys and from 68% to 52% for livers. Restrictions/suspension of deceased donor transplantation decreased from 84% to 58% for kidneys and from 73% to 42% for livers. Resuming transplantation at normal capacity was envisioned by 83% of programs by August 2020. Exclusively using local recovery teams for deceased donor procurement was reported by 28%. Respondents reported caring for a total of 1166 COVID-19-positive transplant recipients; 25% were critically ill. Telemedicine challenges were reported by 81%. There was a lack of consensus regarding management of potential living donors or candidates with SARS-CoV-2. Our findings demonstrate persistent heterogeneity in center-level response to COVID-19 even as transplant activity resumes, making ongoing national data collection and real-time analysis critical to inform best practices.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Clinical transplantation - 34(2020), 12 vom: 12. Dez., Seite e14086

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Boyarsky, Brian J [VerfasserIn]
Ruck, Jessica M [VerfasserIn]
Chiang, Teresa Po-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Werbel, William A [VerfasserIn]
Strauss, Alexandra T [VerfasserIn]
Getsin, Samantha N [VerfasserIn]
Jackson, Kyle R [VerfasserIn]
Kernodle, Amber B [VerfasserIn]
Van Pilsum Rasmussen, Sarah E [VerfasserIn]
Baker, Talia B [VerfasserIn]
Al Ammary, Fawaz [VerfasserIn]
Durand, Christine M [VerfasserIn]
Avery, Robin K [VerfasserIn]
Massie, Allan B [VerfasserIn]
Segev, Dorry L [VerfasserIn]
Garonzik-Wang, Jacqueline M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Clinical decision-making
Epidemiology
Guidelines
Infectious agents-viral
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

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Date Completed 04.01.2021

Date Revised 04.01.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/ctr.14086

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314908994