Early referring saved lives in kidney transplant recipients with COVID-19: a beneficial role of telemedicine.
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
kidney transplantation
mortality
outcomes
telehealth
Journal
Frontiers in medicine
ISSN: 2296-858X
Titre abrégé: Front Med (Lausanne)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101648047
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
04
07
2023
accepted:
07
09
2023
medline:
5
10
2023
pubmed:
5
10
2023
entrez:
5
10
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
There is a strong impetus for the use of telemedicine for boosting early detection rates and enabling early treatment and remote monitoring of COVID-19 cases, particularly in chronically ill patients such as kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). However, data regarding the effectiveness of this practice are lacking. In this retrospective, observational study with prospective data gathering we analyzed the outcomes of all confirmed COVID-19 cases ( We found that KTRs who referred their illness to the transplant center late had a higher 30-day mortality (4.5 vs. 13.6%, A well-organized telemedicine program can help to protect KTRs during an infectious disease outbreak by facilitating pro-active management and close surveillance. Furthermore, these results can be likely extrapolated to other vulnerable populations, such as patients with chronic kidney disease, diabetes or autoimmune diseases requiring the use of immunosuppression.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37795416
doi: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1252822
pmc: PMC10546052
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1252822Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 Zahradka, Petr, Jakubov, Modos, Hruby and Viklicky.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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