Pregledni rad

COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION

CEDRIC AROL TAKOU KUITCHEU ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Medicinski fakultet, Zagreb, Hrvatska
NIKOLINA BAŠIĆ-JUKIĆ orcid.org/0000-0002-0221-2758 ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Medicinski fakultet, Klinički bolnički centar Zagreb, Zavod za nefrologiju, arterijsku hipertenziju, dijalizu i transplantaciju, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Sažetak

Infections are a common complication arising after kidney transplantation with a high rate of morbidity and mortality. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been reported that the kidney transplant recipient population have the worst outcome and highest rate of mortality. The pandemic greatly influences the management of chronic kidney failure and transplantation programs. This review describes clinical presentation and risk factors linked to COVID-19, the management and outcomes, COVID-19 vaccination in kidney transplant recipients, and the impact of COVID-19 on renal transplantation programs.

Ključne riječi

COVID-19; kidney transplantation; vaccination, outcome; SARS-CoV-2

Hrčak ID:

261269

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/261269

Datum izdavanja:

10.8.2021.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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