COVID-19-related mortality in kidney transplant and haemodialysis patients: a comparative, prospective registry-based study


Por: Goffin, E, Candellier, A, Vart, P, Noordzij, M, Arnol, M, Covic, A, Lentini, P, Malik, S, Reichert, LJ, Sever, MS, Watschinger, B, Jager, KJ, Gansevoort, RT, Canal C., Facundo C., ERACODA Collaborators

Publicada: 1 nov 2021 Ahead of Print: 1 jun 2021
Resumen:
Background. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has exposed haemodialysis (HD) patients and kidney transplant (KT) recipients to an unprecedented life-threatening infectious disease, raising concerns about kidney replacement therapy (KRT) strategy during the pandemic. This study investigated the association of the type of KRT with COVID-19 severity, adjusting for differences in individual characteristics. Methods. Data on KT recipients and HD patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between 1 February 2020 and 1 December 2020 were retrieved from the European Renal Association COVID-19 Database. Cox regression models adjusted for age, sex, frailty and comorbidities were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) for 28-day mortality risk in all patients and in the subsets that were tested because of symptoms. Results. A total of 1670 patients (496 functional KT and 1174 HD) were included; 16.9% of KT and 23.9% of HD patients died within 28 days of presentation. The unadjusted 28-day mortality risk was 33% lower in KT recipients compared with HD patients {HR 0.67 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.52-0.85]}. In a fully adjusted model, the risk was 78% higher in KT recipients [HR 1.78 (95% CI 1.22-2.61)] compared with HD patients. This association was similar in patients tested because of symptoms [fully adjusted model HR 2.00 (95% CI 1.31-3.06)]. This risk was dramatically increased during the first post-transplant year. Results were similar for other endpoints (e.g. hospitalization, intensive care unit admission and mortality >28 days) and across subgroups. Conclusions. KT recipients had a greater risk of a more severe course of COVID-19 compared with HD patients, therefore they require specific infection mitigation strategies.

Filiaciones:
Goffin, E:
 Catholic Univ Louvain, Inst Expt & Clin Res, Dept Nephrol, Clin Univ St Luc, Brussels, Belgium

Candellier, A:
 Catholic Univ Louvain, Inst Expt & Clin Res, Dept Nephrol, Clin Univ St Luc, Brussels, Belgium

 Ctr Hosp Univ Amiens Picardie, Dept Nephrol, Amiens, France

Vart, P:
 Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Internal Med, Groningen, Netherlands

Noordzij, M:
 Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Internal Med, Groningen, Netherlands

Arnol, M:
 Univ Med Ctr Ljubljana, Dept Nephrol, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Covic, A:
 Grigore T PopaUniv Med, CI PARHON Univ Hosp, Nephrol Clin Dialysis & Renal Transplant Ctr, Iasi, Romania

Lentini, P:
 San Bassiano Hosp, Nephrol & Dialysis Unit, Vicenza, Italy

Malik, S:
 Univ Hosp Coventry & Warwickshire, Dept Renal & Transplant, Coventry, W Midlands, England

 Univ Leicester, Coventry, W Midlands, England

Reichert, LJ:
 Rijnstate Hosp, Dept Nephrol, Arnhem, Netherlands

Sever, MS:
 Istanbul Univ, Istanbul Sch Med, Dept Nephrol, Istanbul, Turkey

Watschinger, B:
 Med Univ Vienna, Dept Nephrol, Vienna, Austria

Jager, KJ:
 Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam Univ Med Ctr, Amsterdam Publ Hlth Res Inst, Dept Med Informat,ERA EDTA Registry, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Gansevoort, RT:
 Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Internal Med, Groningen, Netherlands

Canal C.:
 Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB SANT PAU), Sant Quintí 77-79, 08041 Barcelona, Spain

Facundo C.:
 Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB SANT PAU), Sant Quintí 77-79, 08041 Barcelona, Spain
ISSN: 09310509
Editorial
OXFORD UNIV PRESS, GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND, Reino Unido
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 36 Número: 11
Páginas: 2094-2105
WOS Id: 000728382400018
ID de PubMed: 34132811
imagen Green Published, hybrid

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