Olga Charnaya, Teresa Po-Yu Chiang, Richard Wang, Jennifer D Motter, Brian J Boyarsky, Elizabeth A King, William A Werbel, Christine M Durand, Robin K Avery, Dorry L Segev, Allan B Massie, Jacqueline M Garonzik-Wang
BACKGROUND: In March 2020, COVID-19 infections began to rise exponentially in the USA, placing substantial burden on the healthcare system. As a result, there was a rapid change in transplant practices and policies, with cessation of most procedures. Our goal was to understand changes to pediatric kidney transplantation (KT) at the national level during the COVID-19 epidemic. METHODS: Using SRTR data, we examined changes in pediatric waitlist registration, waitlist removal or inactivation, and deceased donor and living donor (DDKT/LDKT) events during the start of the disease transmission in the USA compared with the same time the previous year...
January 2021: Pediatric Nephrology