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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION
Volume 22, Issue 9, Pages 2203-2216Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.17145
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clinical research/practice; donors and donation: deceased; infection and infectious agents-viral: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19; infectious disease; patient survival; solid organ transplantation; United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
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The study suggests that COVID-19 infection in deceased solid organ transplant donors does not affect recipient survival. However, there is a lack of information regarding the selection of COVID-19-positive donors.
The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced organ transplantation decision making. Opinions regarding the utilization of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) donors are mixed. We hypothesize that COVID-19 infection of deceased solid organ transplant donors does not affect recipient survival. All deceased solid organ transplant donors with COVID-19 testing results from March 15, 2020 to September 30, 2021 were identified in the OPTN database. Donors were matched to recipients and stratified by the COVID-19 test result. Outcomes were assessed between groups. COVID-19 test results were available for 17694 donors; 150 were positive. A total of 269 organs were transplanted from these donors, including 187 kidneys, 57 livers, 18 hearts, 5 kidney-pancreases, and 2 lungs, The median time from COVID-19 testing to organ recovery was 4days for positive and 3 days for negative donors. Of these, there were 8 graft failures (3.0%) and 5 deaths (1.9%). Survival of patients receiving grafts from COVID-19-positive donors is equivalent to those receiving grafts from COVID-19-negative donors (30-day patient survival = 99.2% COVID-19 positive; 98.6% COVID-19 negative). Solid organ transplantation using deceased donors with positive COVID-19 results does not negatively affect early patient survival, though little information regarding donor COVID-19 organ involvement is known. While transplantation is feasible, more information regarding COVID-19-positive donor selection is needed.
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