2022
Delayed Mortality Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Hospitalized for COVID-19
Heldman MR, Kates OS, Safa K, Kotton CN, Multani A, Georgia SJ, Steinbrink JM, Alexander BD, Blumberg EA, Haydel B, Hemmige V, Hemmersbach-Miller M, La Hoz RM, Moni L, Condor Y, Flores S, Munoz CG, Guitierrez J, Diaz EI, Diaz D, Vianna R, Guerra G, Loebe M, Yabu JM, Kramer KH, Tanna SD, Ison MG, Rakita RM, Malinis M, Azar MM, McCort ME, Singh PP, Velioglu A, Mehta SA, van Duin D, Goldman JD, Lease ED, Wald A, Limaye AP, Fisher CE, Besharatian B, Crespo M, Tomic R, Sehgal S, Weisshaar D, Girgis R, Lawrence C, Nelson J, Bennett W, Leandro J, Sait A, Rumore A, West P, Jeng A, Bajrovic V, Bilgili E, Anderson-Haag T, Nastase A, Badami A, Alvarez-Garcia J, Bowman-Anger L, Julien L, Ortiz-Bautista C, Friedman-Morocco R, Gajurel K, Cahuayme-Zuniga L, Wakefield M, Fung M, Theodoropoulos N, Chuang S, Bhandaram S, Veroux M, Chopra B, Florescu D, Witteck D, Diaz D, Ripley K, Saharia K, Akkina S, McCarty T, Webb A, Arya A, Vedula G, El-Amm J, Dokus M, Narayanan A, de Camargo P, Ouseph R, Breuckner A, Luk A, Aujayeb A, Ganger D, Keith D, Meloni F, Haidar G, Zapernick L, Morales M, Goyal N, Sharma T, Malhotra U, Kuo A, Rossi A, Edwards A, Keller B, Beneri C, Derringer D, Dominguez E, Carlson E, Hashim F, Murad H, Wilkens H, Neumann H, Gani I, Kahwaji J, Popoola J, Michaels M, Jakharia N, De la Cruz O, Puing A, Motallebzadeh R, Velagapudi R, Kapoor R, Allam S, Silveira F, Vora S, Kelly U, Reddy U, Dharnidharka V, Wadei H, Zurabi L. Delayed Mortality Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Hospitalized for COVID-19. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022, 78: 711-718. PMID: 35212363, PMCID: PMC9383518, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSOT recipientsDay 28Day 90Multivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsSolid organ transplant recipientsCOVID-19Cox proportional hazards modelCOVID-19 focusOrgan transplant recipientsChronic lung diseaseBody mass indexProportional hazards modelSARS-CoV-2 detectionLung transplantMulticenter registryTransplant recipientsHeart failureMass indexIllness onsetVital statusLung diseaseRisk factorsDay 29Lower mortalityMortality
2021
Changing trends in mortality among solid organ transplant recipients hospitalized for COVID‐19 during the course of the pandemic
Heldman MR, Kates OS, Safa K, Kotton CN, Georgia SJ, Steinbrink JM, Alexander BD, Hemmersbach‐Miller M, Blumberg EA, Multani A, Haydel B, La Hoz RM, Moni L, Condor Y, Flores S, Munoz CG, Guitierrez J, Diaz EI, Diaz D, Vianna R, Guerra G, Loebe M, Rakita RM, Malinis M, Azar MM, Hemmige V, McCort ME, Chaudhry ZS, Singh PP, Kramer K, Velioglu A, Yabu JM, Morillis JA, Mehta SA, Tanna SD, Ison MG, Derenge AC, van Duin D, Maximin A, Gilbert C, Goldman JD, Lease ED, Fisher CE, Limaye AP, Team T. Changing trends in mortality among solid organ transplant recipients hospitalized for COVID‐19 during the course of the pandemic. American Journal Of Transplantation 2021, 22: 279-288. PMID: 34514710, PMCID: PMC8653312, DOI: 10.1111/ajt.16840.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSolid organ transplant recipientsOrgan transplant recipientsTransplant recipientsCOVID-19IL-6/ILComorbidity-adjusted mortalityUse of corticosteroidsUse of hydroxychloroquineMultivariable logistic regressionBaseline comorbiditiesMulticenter registryImproved survivalReceptor inhibitorsGeneral populationMortality trendsMortalityLogistic regressionFurther studiesLater periodRecipientsCorticosteroidsComorbiditiesHydroxychloroquinePandemicPatients