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Acta medica Croatica : Časopis Akademije medicinskih znanosti Hrvatske, Vol. 75 No. 2, 2021.

Review article

COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION

CEDRIC AROL TAKOU KUITCHEU ; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
NIKOLINA BAŠIĆ-JUKIĆ orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-0221-2758 ; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Arterial Hypertension, Dialysis and Transplantation, Zagreb University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

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.

Keywords

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

Hrčak ID:

261269

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/261269

Publication date:

10.8.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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