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POST-COVID-19 CONDITION IN SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS: A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE
ŽELJKA JUREKOVIĆ
orcid.org/0000-0003-0690-2577
; Department of Nephrology, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
KSENIJA VUČUR ŠIMIĆ
; Department of Nephrology, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
LADA ZIBAR
; Department of Nephrology, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia; Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Abstract
Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients who survived acute COVID-19 can develop post-COVID-19 condition. Post-COVID-19 condition can affect multiple organ systems, and its prevalence is up to 70% in general population. Data regarding postCOVID-19 condition in SOT recipients are scarce. The aim of our study was to investigate the prevalence and characteristics of post-COVID-19 condition in SOT recipients.The study included SOT recipients who had kidney transplantation in Merkur University Hospital between 2007 and 2020, and who survived COVID-19. Between July 2020 and June 2021, 78 transplanted patients (kidney only or combined with pancreas or liver) had acute COVID-19, of which 13 patients died. The study was conducted in the form of survey and included 60 patients who all gave informed consent for participation in the study. Post-COVID-19 condition experienced 40 (67%) patients, and most common symptoms were fatigue (43%) and shortness of breath (30%), followed by hair loss (27%), insomnia (22%), sweating (22%), and decline in the quality of life (20%). There was no difference between patients with post-COVID-19 condition and those without post-COVID-19 condition regarding gender, age, transplanted organ(s), time from transplantation to COVID-19, or need of hospitalization due to COVID-19. In conclusion, post-COVID-19 condition was frequent among SOT (kidney) patients, with fatigue and shortness of breath as the most common symptoms, as in general population. Thus, unfortunately, COVID-19 contributed to their comorbidity burden at longterm as well.
Keywords
post-COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; kidney transplantation
Hrčak ID:
307176
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Publication date:
10.8.2023.
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