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1. Impact of a Public Health Emergency on Behavior, Stress, Anxiety and Glycemic Control in Patients With Pancreas or Islet Transplantation for Type 1 Diabetes.

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Landstra, Cyril P., Ruissen, Merel M., Regeer, Hannah, Nijhoff, Michiel F., Ballieux, Bart E. P. B., van der Boog, Paul J. M., de Vries, Aiko P. J., Huisman, Sasja D., and de Koning, Eelco J. P.

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GLYCEMIC control, TYPE 1 diabetes, CONTINUOUS glucose monitoring, PANCREAS transplantation, HEALTH behavior, LONELINESS
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A public health emergency such as the COVID-19 pandemic has behavioral, mental and physical implications in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D). To what extent the presence of a transplant further increases this burden is not known. Therefore, we compared T1D patients with an islet or pancreas transplant (β-cell Tx; n = 51) to control T1D patients (n = 272). Fear of coronavirus infection was higher in those with β-cell Tx than without (Visual Analogue Scale 5.0 (3.0-7.0) vs. 3.0 (2.0-5.0), p = 0.004) and social isolation behavior was more stringent (45.8% vs. 14.0% reported not leaving the house, p < 0.001). A previous β-cell Tx was the most important predictor of at-home isolation. Glycemic control worsened in patients with β-cell Tx, but improved in control patients (ΔHbA1c +1.67 ± 8.74 vs. -1.72 ± 6.15 mmol/mol, p = 0.006; ΔTime-In-Range during continuous glucose monitoring -4.5% (-6.0%-1.5%) vs. +3.0% (-2.0%-6.0%), p = 0.038). Fewer patients with β-cell Tx reported easier glycemic control during lockdown (10.4% vs. 22.6%, p = 0.015). All T1D patients, regardless of transplantation status, experienced stress (33.4%), anxiety (27.9%), decreased physical activity (42.0%), weight gain (40.5%), and increased insulin requirements (29.7%). In conclusion, T1D patients with β-cell Tx are increasingly affected by a viral pandemic lockdown with higher fear of infection, more stringent social isolation behavior and deterioration of glycemic control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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2. Incidence and Severity of COVID-19 in Relation to Anti-Receptor-Binding Domain IgG Antibody Level after COVID-19 Vaccination in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

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Messchendorp, A. Lianne, Sanders, Jan-Stephan F., Abrahams, Alferso C., Bemelman, Frederike J., Bouwmans, Pim, van den Dorpel, René M. A., Hilbrands, Luuk B., Imhof, Céline, Reinders, Marlies E. J., Rispens, Theo, Steenhuis, Maurice, ten Dam, Marc A. G. J., Vart, Priya, de Vries, Aiko P. J., Hemmelder, Marc H., and Gansevoort, Ron T.

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COVID-19 vaccines, KIDNEY transplantation, COVID-19, IMMUNOGLOBULIN G, COVID-19 pandemic, IMMUNOGLOBULINS, MONOCLONAL antibodies
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Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) elicit an impaired immune response after COVID-19 vaccination; however, the exact clinical impact remains unclear. We therefore analyse the relationship between antibody levels after vaccination and the risk of COVID-19 in a large cohort of KTRs. All KTRs living in the Netherlands were invited to send a blood sample 28 days after their second COVID-19 vaccination for measurement of their IgG antibodies against the receptor-binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (anti-RBD IgG). Information on COVID-19 was collected from the moment the blood sample was obtained until 6 months thereafter. Multivariable Cox and logistic regression analyses were performed to analyse which factors affected the occurrence and severity (i.e., hospitalization and/or death) of COVID-19. In total, 12,159 KTRs were approached, of whom 2885 were included in the analyses. Among those, 1578 (54.7%) became seropositive (i.e., anti-RBD IgG level >50 BAU/mL). Seropositivity was associated with a lower risk for COVID-19, also after adjusting for multiple confounders, including socio-economic status and adherence to COVID-19 restrictions (HR 0.37 (0.19–0.47), p = 0.005). When studied on a continuous scale, we observed a log-linear relationship between antibody level and the risk for COVID-19 (HR 0.52 (0.31–0.89), p = 0.02). Similar results were found for COVID-19 severity. In conclusion, antibody level after COVID-19 vaccination is associated in a log-linear manner with the occurrence and severity of COVID-19 in KTRs. This implies that if future vaccinations are indicated, the aim should be to reach for as high an antibody level as possible and not only seropositivity to protect this vulnerable patient group from disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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3. Association of obesity with 3-month mortality in kidney failure patients with COVID-19

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Tantisattamo, Ekamol, Imhof, Celine, Jager, Kitty J., Hilbrands, Luuk B., Guidotti, Rebecca, Islam, Mahmud, Katicic, Dajana, Konings, Constantijn, Molenaar, Femke M., Nistor, Ionut, Noordzij, Marlies, Rodríguez Ferrero, Mariá Luisa, Verhoeven, Martine A. M., de Vries, Aiko P. J., Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar, Gansevoort, Ron T., Vart, Priya, van der Net, Jeroen B., Essig, Marie, du Buf-Vereijken, Peggy W. G., van Ginneken, Betty, Maas, Nanda, van Jaarsveld, Brigit C., Bemelman, Frederike J., Klingenberg-Salahova, Farah, Heenan-Vos, Frederiek, Vervloet, Marc G., Nurmohamed, Azam, Vogt, Liffert, Abramowicz, Daniel, Verhofstede, Sabine, Maoujoud, Omar, Malfait, Thomas, Fialova, Jana, Melilli, Edoardo, Favà, Alexandre, Cruzado, Josep M., Perez, Nuria Montero, Lips, Joy, Krepel, Harmen, Adilovic, Harun, Radulescu, Daniela, Hengst, Maaike, Rydzewski, Andrzej, Braconnier, Philippe, Weis, Daniel, Gellert, Ryszard, Oliveira, Joaõ, Alferes, Daniela G., Zakharova, Elena V., Ambuehl, Patrice Max, Walker, Andrea, Lepeytre, Fanny, Rabate, Clementine, Rostoker, Guy, Marques, Sofia, Azasevac, Tijana, Majstorovic, Gordana Strazmester, ten Dam, Marc, Krüger, Thilo, Brzosko, Szymon, Liakopoulos, Vassilios, Zanen, Adriaan L., Logtenberg, Susan J. J., Fricke, Lutz, Kuryata, Olexandr, Slebe, Jeroen J. P., Elhafeez, Samar Abd, Kemlin, Delphine, van de Wetering, Jacqueline, Reinders, Marlies E. J., Hesselink, Dennis A., Kal-van Gestel, J., Eiselt, Jaromir, Kielberger, Lukas, el-Wakil, Hala S., Logan, Ian, Canal, Cristina, Facundo, Carme, Ramos, Ana M., Debska-Slizien, Alicja, Veldhuizen, Nicoline M. H., Tigka, Eirini, Konsta, Maria Anna Polyzou, Panagoutsos, Stylianos, Mallamaci, Francesca, Postorino, Adele, Cambareri, Francesco, Matceac, Irina, Covic, Adrian, Groeneveld, J. H. M., Jousma, Jolanda, van Buren, Marjolijn, Diekmann, Fritz, Oppenheimer, Federico, Blasco, Miquel, Pereira, Tiago Assis, Santos, Augusto Cesar S., Arias-Cabrales, Carlos, Crespo, Marta, Llinàs-Mallol, Laura, Buxeda, Anna, Tàrrega, Carla Burballa, Redondo-Pachon, Dolores, Jimenez, Maria Dolores Arenas, Mendoza-Valderrey, Alberto, Martins, Ana Cristina, Mateus, Catarina, Alvila, Goncalo, Laranjinha, Ivo, Hofstra, Julia M., Siezenga, Machiel A., Franco, Antonio, Arroyo, David, Castellano, Sandra, Manzanos, Sagrario Balda, Haridian Sosa Barrios, R., Lemahieu, Wim, Bartelet, Karlijn, Dirim, Ahmet Burak, Demir, Erol, Sever, Mehmet Sukru, Turkmen, Aydin, Safak, Seda, Hollander, Daan A. M. J., Büttner, Stefan, Meziyerh, Soufian, van der Helm, Danny, Mallat, Marko, Bouwsma, Hanneke, Sridharan, Sivakumar, Petruliene, Kristina, Maloney, Sharon-Rose, Verberk, Iris, van der Sande, Frank M., Christiaans, Maarten H. L., Hemmelder, Marc H., Kumar, Mohan N., di Luca, Marina, Tuǧlular, Serhan Z., Ziekenhuis, Martini, Kramer, Andrea B., Beerenhout, Charles, Luik, Peter T., Kerschbaum, Julia, Tiefenthaler, Martin, Watschinger, Bruno, Adema, Aaltje Y., Stepanov, Vadim A., Zulkarnaev, Alexey B., Turkmen, Kultigin, Gandolfini, Ilaria, Maggiore, Umberto, Fliedner, Anselm, Åsberg, Anders, Mjoen, Geir, Miyasato, Hitoshi, de Fijter, Carola W. H., Mongera, Nicola, Pini, Stefano, de Biase, Consuelo, Kerckhoffs, Angele, Els van de Logt, Anne, Maas, Rutger, Duivenvoorden, Raphaël, Lebedeva, Olga, Lopez, Veronica, Reichert, Louis J. M., Verhave, Jacobien, Titov, Denis, Parshina, Ekaterina V., Zanoli, Luca, Marcantoni, Carmelita, van Kempen, Gijs, van Gils-Verrij, Liesbeth E. A., Harty, John C., Meurs, Marleen, Myslak, Marek, Battaglia, Yuri, Lentini, Paolo, den Deurwaarder, Edwin, Stendahl, Maria, Rahimzadeh, Hormat, Schouten, Marcel, Rychlik, Ivan, Cabezas-Reina, Carlos J., Roca, Ana Maria, Nauta, Ferdau, Sahin, Idris, Goffin, Eric, Kanaan, Nada, Labriola, Laura, Devresse, Arnaud, Diaz-Mareque, Anabel, Coca, Armando, de Arriba, Gabriel, Meijers, Björn K. I., Naesens, Maarten, Kuypers, Dirk, Desschans, Bruno, Tonnerlier, Annelies, Wissing, Karl M., Dedinska, Ivana, Pessolano, Giuseppina, Malik, Shafi, Dounousi, Evangelia, Papachristou, Evangelos, Berger, Stefan P., Meijer, Esther, Sanders, Jan Stephan F., Franssen, Casper F. M., Özyilmaz, Akin, Ponikvar, Jadranka Buturović, Pernat, Andreja Marn, Kovac, Damjan, Arnol, Miha, Ekart, Robert, Abrahams, Alferso C., van Zuilen, Arjan D., Meijvis, Sabine C. A., Dolmans, Helma, Esposito, Pasquale, Krzesinski, Jean-Marie, Barahira, Jean Damacène, Gallieni, Maurizio, Martin-Moreno, Paloma Leticia, Guglielmetti, Gabriele, Guzzo, Gabriella, Toapanta, Nestor, Soler, Maria Jose, Luik, Antinus J., van Kuijk, Willi H. M., Stikkelbroeck, Lonneke W. H., Hermans, Marc M. H., Rimsevicius, Laurynas, Righetti, Marco, Heitink-ter Braak, Nicole, Medical Informatics, APH - Aging & Later Life, APH - Quality of Care, APH - Global Health, ACS - Pulmonary hypertension & thrombosis, Nephrology, ACS - Microcirculation, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases, Clinical sciences, UCL - SSS/IREC/NEFR - Pôle de Néphrologie, UCL - (SLuc) Service de néphrologie, ACS - Diabetes & metabolism, Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Centre (CVC), Groningen Kidney Center (GKC), van der Net, Jeroen B, Essig, Marie, du Buf-Vereijken, Peggy W G, van Ginneken, Betty, Maas, Nanda, van Jaarsveld, Brigit C, Bemelman, Frederike J, Klingenberg-Salahova, Farah, Heenan-Vos, Frederiek, Vervloet, Marc G, Nurmohamed, Azam, Vogt, Liffert, Abramowicz, Daniel, Verhofstede, Sabine, Maoujoud, Omar, Malfait, Thomas, Fialova, Jana, Melilli, Edoardo, Favà, Alexandre, Cruzado, Josep M, Perez, Nuria Montero, Lips, Joy, Krepel, Harmen, Adilovic, Harun, Radulescu, Daniela, Hengst, Maaike, Rydzewski, Andrzej, Braconnier, Philippe, Weis, Daniel, Gellert, Ryszard, Oliveira, João, Alferes, Daniela G, Zakharova, Elena V, Ambuehl, Patrice Max, Walker, Andrea, Lepeytre, Fanny, Rabaté, Clémentine, Rostoker, Guy, Marques, Sofia, Azasevac, Tijana, Majstorovic, Gordana Strazmester, Ten Dam, Marc, Krüger, Thilo, Brzosko, Szymon, Liakopoulos, Vassilios, Zanen, Adriaan L, Logtenberg, Susan J J, Fricke, Lutz, Kuryata, Olexandr, Slebe, Jeroen J P, ElHafeez, Samar Abd, Kemlin, Delphine, van de Wetering, Jacqueline, Reinders, Marlies E J, Hesselink, Dennis A, Kal-van Gestel, J., Eiselt, Jaromir, Kielberger, Lukas, El-Wakil, Hala S, Logan, Ian, Canal, Cristina, Facundo, Carme, Ramos, Ana M, Debska-Slizien, Alicja, Veldhuizen, Nicoline M H, Tigka, Eirini, Konsta, Maria Anna Polyzou, Panagoutsos, Stylianos, Mallamaci, Francesca, Postorino, Adele, Cambareri, Francesco, Matceac, Irina, Covic, Adrian, Groeneveld, J H M, Jousma, Jolanda, van Buren, Marjolijn, Diekmann, Fritz, Oppenheimer, Federico, Blasco, Miquel, Pereira, Tiago Assis, Santos, Augusto Cesar S, Arias-Cabrales, Carlos, Crespo, Marta, Llinàs-Mallol, Laura, Buxeda, Anna, Tàrrega, Carla Burballa, Redondo-Pachon, Dolores, Jimenez, Maria Dolores Arenas, Mendoza-Valderrey, Alberto, Martins, Ana Cristina, Mateus, Catarina, Alvila, Goncalo, Laranjinha, Ivo, Hofstra, Julia M, Siezenga, Machiel A, Franco, Antonio, Arroyo, David, Castellano, Sandra, Manzanos, Sagrario Balda, Haridian Sosa Barrios, R., Lemahieu, Wim, Bartelet, Karlijn, Dirim, Ahmet Burak, Demir, Erol, Sever, Mehmet Sukru, Turkmen, Aydin, Şafak, Seda, Hollander, Daan A M J, Büttner, Stefan, Meziyerh, Soufian, van der Helm, Danny, Mallat, Marko, Bouwsma, Hanneke, Sridharan, Sivakumar, Petrulienė, Kristina, Maloney, Sharon-Rose, Verberk, Iris, van der Sande, Frank M, Christiaans, Maarten H L, Hemmelder, Marc H, Kumar N, Mohan, Di Luca, Marina, Tuğlular, Serhan Z, Ziekenhuis, Martini, Kramer, Andrea B, Beerenhout, Charles, Luik, Peter T, Kerschbaum, Julia, Tiefenthaler, Martin, Watschinger, Bruno, Adema, Aaltje Y, Stepanov, Vadim A, Zulkarnaev, Alexey B, Turkmen, Kultigin, Gandolfini, Ilaria, Maggiore, Umberto, Fliedner, Anselm, Åsberg, Anders, Mjoen, Geir, Miyasato, Hitoshi, de Fijter, Carola W H, Mongera, Nicola, Pini, Stefano, de Biase, Consuelo, Kerckhoffs, Angele, Els van de Logt, Anne, Maas, Rutger, Duivenvoorden, Raphaël, Lebedeva, Olga, Lopez, Veronica, Reichert, Louis J M, Verhave, Jacobien, Titov, Denis, Parshina, Ekaterina V, Zanoli, Luca, Marcantoni, Carmelita, van Kempen, Gijs, van Gils-Verrij, Liesbeth E A, Harty, John C, Meurs, Marleen, Myslak, Marek, Battaglia, Yuri, Lentini, Paolo, den Deurwaarder, Edwin, Stendahl, Maria, Rahimzadeh, Hormat, Schouten, Marcel, Rychlik, Ivan, Cabezas-Reina, Carlos J, Roca, Ana Maria, Nauta, Ferdau, Sahin, İdris, Goffin, Eric, Kanaan, Nada, Labriola, Laura, Devresse, Arnaud, Diaz-Mareque, Anabel, Coca, Armando, de Arriba, Gabriel, Meijers, Björn K I, Naesens, Maarten, Kuypers, Dirk, Desschans, Bruno, Tonnerlier, Annelies, Wissing, Karl M, Dedinska, Ivana, Pessolano, Giuseppina, Malik, Shafi, Dounousi, Evangelia, Papachristou, Evangelos, Berger, Stefan P, Meijer, Esther, Sanders, Jan Stephan F, Franssen, Casper F M, Özyilmaz, Akin, Ponikvar, Jadranka Buturović, Pernat, Andreja Marn, Kovac, Damjan, Arnol, Miha, Ekart, Robert, Abrahams, Alferso C, van Zuilen, Arjan D, Meijvis, Sabine C A, Dolmans, Helma, Esposito, Pasquale, Krzesinski, Jean-Marie, Barahira, Jean Damacène, Gallieni, Maurizio, Martin-Moreno, Paloma Leticia, Guglielmetti, Gabriele, Guzzo, Gabriella, Toapanta, Nestor, Soler, Maria Jose, Luik, Antinus J, van Kuijk, Willi H M, Stikkelbroeck, Lonneke W H, Hermans, Marc M H, Rimševičius, Laurynas, Righetti, Marco, and Heitink-Ter Braak, Nicole

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Transplantation, COVID-19, infectious diseases, mortality, DIALYSIS PATIENTS, kidney failure, BODY-MASS INDEX, obesity paradox, Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 11], TRANSPLANT, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Nephrology, ERACODA, reverse epidemiology, Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 11]
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Background In the general population with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), obesity is associated with an increased risk of mortality. Given the typically observed obesity paradox among patients on kidney function replacement therapy (KFRT), especially dialysis patients, we examined the association of obesity with mortality among dialysis patients or living with a kidney transplant with COVID-19. Methods Data from the European Renal Association COVID-19 Database (ERACODA) were used. KFRT patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between 1 February 2020 and 31 January 2021 were included. The association of Quetelet's body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2), divided into: Results In 3160 patients on KFRT (mean age: 65 years, male: 61%), 99 patients were lean, 1151 normal weight (reference), 1160 overweight, 525 obese I and 225 obese II/III. During follow-up of 3 months, 28, 20, 21, 23 and 27% of patients died in these categories, respectively. In the fully adjusted model, the hazard ratios (HRs) for 3-month mortality were 1.65 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.10, 2.47], 1 (ref.), 1.07 (95% CI: 0.89, 1.28), 1.17 (95% CI: 0.93, 1.46) and 1.71 (95% CI: 1.27, 2.30), respectively. Results were similar among dialysis patients (N = 2343) and among those living with a kidney transplant (N = 817) (Pinteraction = 0.99), but differed by sex (Pinteraction = 0.019). In males, the HRs for the association of aforementioned BMI categories with 3-month mortality were 2.07 (95% CI: 1.22, 3.52), 1 (ref.), 0.97 (95% CI: 0.78. 1.21), 0.99 (95% CI: 0.74, 1.33) and 1.22 (95% CI: 0.78, 1.91), respectively, and in females corresponding HRs were 1.34 (95% CI: 0.70, 2.57), 1 (ref.), 1.31 (95% CI: 0.94, 1.85), 1.54 (95% CI: 1.05, 2.26) and 2.49 (95% CI: 1.62, 3.84), respectively. Conclusion In KFRT patients with COVID-19, on dialysis or a kidney transplant, obesity is associated with an increased risk of mortality at 3 months. This is in contrast to the obesity paradox generally observed in dialysis patients. Additional studies are required to corroborate the sex difference in the association of obesity with mortality.

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2022

4. COVID-19-related mortality in kidney transplant and haemodialysis patients

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Goffin, Eric, Candellier, Alexandre, Vart, Priya, Noordzij, Marlies, Arnol, Miha, Covic, Adrian, Lentini, Paolo, Malik, Shafi, Reichert, Louis J., Sever, Mehmet S., Watschinger, Bruno, Jager, Kitty J., Gansevoort, Ron T., van der Net, Jeroen B., Essig, Marie, du Buf-Vereijken, Peggy W. G., van Ginneken, Betty, Vogt, Liffert, van Jaarsveld, Brigit C., Bemelman, Frederike J., Klingenberg-Salahova, Farah, Heenan-Vos, Frederiek, Vervloet, Marc G., Nurmohamed, Azam, Abramowicz, Daniel, Verhofstede, Sabine, Maoujoud, Omar, Malfait, Thomas, Avitum, B. Braun, Fialova, Jana, Melilli, Edoardo, Favà, Alexandre, Cruzado, Josep M., Perez, Nuria Montero, Lips, Joy, Krepel, Harmen, Adilovic, Harun, Hengst, Maaike, Rydzewski, Andrzej, Gellert, Ryszard, Oliveira, João, Alferes, Daniela G., Zakharova, Elena V., Ambuehl, Patrice Max, Walker, Andrea, Winzeler, Rebecca, Lepeytre, Fanny, Rabaté, Clémentine, Rostoker, Guy, Marques, Sofia, Azasevac, Tijana, Katicic, Dajana, ten Dam, Marc, Krüger, Thilo, Brzosko, Szymon, Zanen, Adriaan L., Logtenberg, Susan J. J., Fricke, Lutz, Slebe, Jeroen J. P., Kemlin, Delphine, van de Wetering, Jacqueline, Reinders, Marlies E. J., Eiselt, Jaromir, Kielberger, Lukas, el-Wakil, Hala S., Verhoeven, Martine A. M., Canal, Cristina, Facundo, Carme, Ramos, Ana M., Debska-Slizien, Alicja, Veldhuizen, Nicoline M. H., Tigka, Eirini, Konsta, Maria Anna Polyzou, Panagoutsos, Stylianos, Mallamaci, Francesca, Matceac, Irina, Nistor, Ionut, Cordos, Monica, Groeneveld, J. H. M., Jousma, Jolanda, van Buren, Marjolijn, Elhafeez, Samar Abd, Diekmann, Fritz, Pereira, Tiago Assis, Santos, Augusto Cesar S., Arias-Cabrales, Carlos, Crespo, Marta, Llinàs-Mallol, Laura, Buxeda, Anna, Tàrrega, Carla Burballa, Redondo-Pachon, Dolores, Jimenez, Maria Dolores Arenas, Hofstra, Julia M., Franco, Antonio, Arroyo, David, Rodríguez-Ferrero, Maria Luisa, Manzanos, Sagrario Balda, Barrios, R. Haridian Sosa, Ávila, Gonçalo, Laranjinha, Ivo, Mateus, Catarina, Lemahieu, Wim, Dirim, Ahmet Burak, Demir, Erol, Å afak, Seda, Turkmen, Aydin, Hollander, Daan A. M. J., Büttner, Stefan, de Vries, Aiko P. J., Meziyerh, Soufian, van der Helm, Danny, Mallat, Marko, Bouwsma, Hanneke, Sridharan, Sivakumar, Petruliene, Kristina, Maloney, Sharon-Rose, Verberk, Iris, van der Sande, Frank M., Christiaans, Maarten H. L., Hemmelder, Marc, Kumar, Mohan N., di Luca, Marina, Tuǧlular, Serhan Z., Kramer, Andrea, Beerenhout, Charles, Luik, Peter T., Kerschbaum, Julia, Tiefenthaler, Martin, Adema, Aaltje Y., Stepanov, Vadim A., Zulkarnaev, Alexey B., Turkmen, Kultigin, Fliedner, Anselm, Åsberg, Anders, Mjoen, Geir, Miyasato, Hitoshi, de Fijter, Carola W. H., Mongera, Nicola, Pini, Stefano, de Biase, Consuelo, Duivenvoorden, Raphaël, Hilbrands, Luuk, Kerckhoffs, Angele, Maas, Rutger, Lebedeva, Olga, Lopez, Veronica, Verhave, Jacobien, Titov, Denis, Parshina, Ekaterina V., Zanoli, Luca, Marcantoni, Carmelita, van Gils-Verrij, Liesbeth E. A., Harty, John C., Meurs, Marleen, Myslak, Marek, Battaglia, Yuri, den Deurwaarder, Edwin, Stendahl, Maria, Rahimzadeh, Hormat, Schouten, Marcel, Rychlik, Ivan, Cabezas-Reina, Carlos J., Roca, Ana Maria, Nauta, Ferdau, Kanaan, Nada, Labriola, Laura, Devresse, Arnaud, Diaz-Mareque, Anabel, Coca, Armando, Meijers, Björn K. I., Naesens, Maarten, Kuypers, Dirk, Desschans, Bruno, Tonnelier, Annelies, Wissing, Karl M., de Arriba, Gabriel, Dedinska, Ivana, Pessolano, Giuseppina, Gandolfini, Ilaria, Maggiore, Umberto, Papachristou, Evangelos, Franssen, Casper F. M., Berger, Stefan P., Meijer, Esther, Özyilmaz, Akin, Sanders, Jan Stephan F., Ponikvar, Jadranka Buturović, Pernat, Andreja Marn, Kovac, Damjan, Ekart, Robert, Abrahams, Alferso C., Molenaar, Femke M., van Zuilen, Arjan D., Meijvis, Sabine C. A., Dolmans, Helma, Tantisattamos, Ekamol, Esposito, Pasquale, Krzesinski, Jean-Marie, Barahira, Jean Damacène, Gallieni, Maurizio, Sabiu, Gianmarco, Martin-Moreno, Paloma Leticia, Guglielmetti, Gabriele, Guzzo, Gabriella, Toapanta, Nestor, Luik, Antinus J., van Kuijk, Willi H. M., Stikkelbroeck, Lonneke W. H., Hermans, Marc M. H., Rimsevicius, Laurynas, Righetti, Marco, Islam, Mahmud, Braak, Nicole Heitink-Ter, UCL - SSS/IREC/NEFR - Pôle de Néphrologie, UCL - (SLuc) Service de néphrologie, Internal Medicine, Clinical sciences, Nephrology, ACS - Diabetes & metabolism, AII - Inflammatory diseases, AII - Infectious diseases, Groningen Kidney Center (GKC), Cardiovascular Centre (CVC), Medical Informatics, ACS - Pulmonary hypertension & thrombosis, APH - Aging & Later Life, APH - Quality of Care, ACS - Microcirculation, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases, and APH - Global Health

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medicine.medical_specialty, kidney, Original Article - Dialysis, medicine.medical_treatment, infectious diseases, law.invention, Kidney Failure, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Renal Dialysis, Risk Factors, law, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, COVID-19, dialysis, mortality, transplantation, Registries, Renal replacement therapy, Chronic, AcademicSubjects/MED00340, Kidney transplantation, Dialysis, Transplantation, SARS-CoV-2, business.industry, Kidney Transplantation/adverse effects, Hazard ratio, medicine.disease, Kidney Transplantation, Intensive care unit, Comorbidity, Transplant Recipients, Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 11], Kidney Failure, Chronic/therapy, Nephrology, Kidney Failure, Chronic, Hemodialysis, Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 11], business
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Studies examining kidney failure patients with COVID-19 reported higher mortality in hemodialysis patients than in kidney transplant recipients. However, hemodialysis patients are often older and have more comorbidities. This study investigated the association of type of kidney replacement therapy with COVID-19 severity adjusting for differences in characteristics. METHOD: Data were retrieved from the European Renal Association COVID-19 Database (ERACODA), which includes kidney replacement therapy patients diagnosed with COVID-19 from all over Europe. We included all kidney transplant recipients and hemodialysis patients who presented between February 1st and December 1st 2020 and had complete information reason for COVID-19 screening and vital status at day 28. The diagnosis of COVID-19 was made based on a PCR of a nasal or pharyngeal swab specimens and/or COVID-19 compatible findings on a lung CT scan. The association of kidney transplantation or hemodialysis with 28-day mortality was examined using Cox proportional-hazards regression models adjusted for age, sex, frailty and comorbidities. Additionally, this association was investigated in the subsets of patients that were screened because of symptoms or have had routine screening. RESULTS: A total of 1,670 patients (496 functional kidney transplant recipients and 1,174 hemodialysis patients) were examined. 16.9% of kidney transplant recipients and 23.9% of hemodialysis patients died within 28 days of presentation. In an unadjusted model, the risk of 28-day mortality was 33% lower in kidney transplant recipients compared with hemodialysis patients (hazard ratio (HR): 0.67, 95% CI: 0.52, 0.85). However, in an age, sex and frailty adjusted model, the risk of 28-day mortality was 29% higher in kidney transplant recipients (HR=1.29, 95% CI: 1.00, 1.68), whereas in a fully adjusted model the risk was even 43% higher (HR=1.43, 95% CI: 1.06, 1.93). This association in patients who were screened because of symptoms (n=1,145) was similar (fully adjusted model HR=1.46, 95% CI: 1.05, 2.04). Results were similar when other endpoints were studied (e.g. risk for hospitalization, ICU admission or mortality beyond 28 days) as well as across subgroups. Only age was found to interact significantly, suggesting that the increased mortality risk associated with kidney transplantation was especially present in elderly subjects. CONCLUSION: In this study, kidney transplant recipients had a greater risk of a more severe course of COVID-19 compared with hemodialysis patients when adjusted for age, sex and comorbidities.

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2021

5. Sex differences in COVID-19 mortality risk in patients on kidney function replacement therapy

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Vart, Priya, Duivenvoorden, Raphaël, Adema, Aaltje, Covic, Adrian, Finne, Patrik, Braak, Nicole Heijtink-ter, Laine, Kaisa, Noordzij, Marlies, Schouten, Marcel, Jager, Kitty J., Gansevoort, Ron T., van der Net, Jeroen B., Essig, Marie, du Buf-Vereijken, Peggy W. G., van Ginneken, Betty, Maas, Nanda, van Jaarsveld, Brigit C., Bemelman, Frederike J., Klingenberg-Salahova, Farah, Heenan-Vos, Frederiek, Vervloet, Marc G., Nurmohamed, Azam, Vogt, Liffert, Abramowicz, Daniel, Verhofstede, Sabine, Maoujoud, Omar, Malfait, Thomas, Fialova, Jana, Melilli, Edoardo, Favà, Alexandre, Cruzado, Josep M., Perez, Nuria Montero, Lips, Joy, Krepel, Harmen, Adilovic, Harun, Radulescu, Daniela, Hengst, Maaike, Konings, Constantijn, Rydzewski, Andrzej, Braconnier, Philippe, Weis, Daniel, Gellert, Ryszard, Oliveira, João, Alferes, Daniela G., Zakharova, Elena V., Ambühl, Patrice Max, Guidotti, Rebecca, Walker, Andrea, Lepeytre, Fanny, Rabaté, Clémentine, Rostoker, Guy, Marques, Sofia, Azasevac, Tijana, Majstorovic, Gordana Strazmester, Katicic, Dajana, ten Dam, Marc, Krüger, Thilo, Brzosko, Szymon, Liakopoulos, Vassilios, Zanen, Adriaan L., Logtenberg, Susan J. J., Fricke, Lutz, Kuryata, Olexandr, Slebe, Jeroen J. P., ElHafeez, Samar Abd, Kemlin, Delphine, van de Wetering, Jacqueline, Reinders, Marlies E. J., Hesselink, Dennis A., Kal-van Gestel, J., Eiselt, Jaromir, Kielberger, Lukas, El-Wakil, Hala S., Verhoeven, Martine, Logan, Ian, Canal, Cristina, Facundo, Carme, Ramos, Ana M., Debska-Slizien, Alicja, Veldhuizen, Nicoline M. H., Tigka, Eirini, Konsta, Maria Anna Polyzou, Panagoutsos, Stylianos, Mallamaci, Francesca, Postorino, Adele, Cambareri, Francesco, Matceac, Irina, Nistor, Ionut, Groeneveld, J. H.M., Jousma, Jolanda, van Buren, Marjolijn, Diekmann, Fritz, Oppenheimer, Federico, Blasco, Miquel, Pereira, Tiago Assis, Santos, Augusto Cesar S., Arias-Cabrales, Carlos, Crespo, Marta, Llinàs-Mallol, Laura, Buxeda, Anna, Tàrrega, Carla Burballa, Redondo-Pachon, Dolores, Jimenez, Maria Dolores Arenas, Mendoza-Valderrey, Alberto, Martins, Ana Cristina, Mateus, Catarina, Alvila, Goncalo, Laranjinha, Ivo, Hofstra, Julia M., Siezenga, Machiel A., Franco, Antonio, Arroyo, David, Castellano, Sandra, Rodríguez-Ferrero, Maria Luisa, Manzanos, Sagrario Balda, Barrios, R. Haridian Sosa, Lemahieu, Wim, Bartelet, Karlijn, Dirim, Ahmet Burak, Demir, Erol, Sever, Mehmet Sukru, Turkmen, Aydin, Şafak, Seda, Hollander, Daan A. M. J., Büttner, Stefan, de Vries, Aiko P. J., Meziyerh, Soufian, van der Helm, Danny, Mallat, Marko, Bouwsma, Hanneke, Sridharan, Sivakumar, Petrulienė, Kristina, Maloney, Sharon-Rose, Verberk, Iris, van der Sande, Frank M., Christiaans, Maarten H. L., Hemmelder, Marc H., MohanKumar, N., Di Luca, Marina, Tuğlular, Serhan Z., Kramer, Andrea B., Beerenhout, Charles, Luik, Peter T., Kerschbaum, Julia, Tiefenthaler, Martin, Watschinger, Bruno, Stepanov, Vadim A., Zulkarnaev, Alexey B., Turkmen, Kultigin, Gandolfini, Ilaria, Maggiore, Umberto, Fliedner, Anselm, Åsberg, Anders, Mjoen, Geir, Miyasato, Hitoshi, de Fijter, Carola W. H., Mongera, Nicola, Pini, Stefano, de Biase, Consuelo, Kerckhoffs, Angele, van de Logt, Anne Els, Maas, Rutger, Hilbrands, Luuk B., Lebedeva, Olga, Lopez, Veronica, Reichert, Louis J. M., Verhave, Jacobien, Titov, Denis, Parshina, Ekaterina V., Zanoli, Luca, Marcantoni, Carmelita, van Kempen, Gijs, van Gils-Verrij, Liesbeth E. A., Harty, John C., Meurs, Marleen, Myslak, Marek, Battaglia, Yuri, Lentini, Paolo, den Deurwaarder, Edwin, Stendahl, Maria, Rahimzadeh, Hormat, Rychlik, Ivan, Cabezas-Reina, Carlos J., Roca, Ana Maria, Nauta, Ferdau, Sahin, İdris, Goffin, Eric, Kanaan, Nada, Labriola, Laura, Devresse, Arnaud, Diaz-Mareque, Anabel, Coca, Armando, de Arriba, Gabriel, Meijers, Björn K. I., Naesens, Maarten, Kuypers, Dirk, Desschans, Bruno, Tonnerlier, Annelies, Wissing, Karl M., Dedinska, Ivana, Pessolano, Giuseppina, Malik, Shafi, Dounousi, Evangelia, Papachristou, Evangelos, Berger, Stefan P., Sanders, Jan Stephan F., Franssen, Casper F. M., Özyilmaz, Akin, Ponikvar, Jadranka Buturović, Pernat, Andreja Marn, Kovac, Damjan, Arnol, Miha, Ekart, Robert, Abrahams, Alferso C., Molenaar, Femke M., van Zuilen, Arjan D., Meijvis, Sabine C. A., Dolmans, Helma, Tantisattamo, Ekamol, Esposito, Pasquale, Krzesinski, Jean-Marie, Barahira, Jean Damacène, Gallieni, Maurizio, Martin-Moreno, Paloma Leticia, Guglielmetti, Gabriele, Guzzo, Gabriella, Toapanta, Nestor, Soler, Maria Jose, Luik, Antinus J., van Kuijk, Willi H. M., Stikkelbroeck, Lonneke W. H., Hermans, Marc M. H., Rimševičius, Laurynas, Righetti, Marco, Islam, Mahmud, Clinical sciences, Nephrology, Groningen Kidney Center (GKC), Cardiovascular Centre (CVC), Groningen Institute for Organ Transplantation (GIOT), Medical Informatics, APH - Aging & Later Life, APH - Quality of Care, APH - Global Health, ACS - Pulmonary hypertension & thrombosis, AII - Inflammatory diseases, ACS - Microcirculation, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases, Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Clinicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital Area, ACS - Diabetes & metabolism, UCL - SSS/IREC/NEFR - Pôle de Néphrologie, and UCL - (SLuc) Service de néphrologie

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Male, kidney, Transplant, infectious diseases, Kidney, All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center, COVID‐19, Renal Dialysis, Risk Factors, risk factors, Humans, Eracoda, Aged, Sex Characteristics, Multidisciplinary, Dialysis patients, Kidney Transplantation/adverse effects, COVID-19, Middle Aged, Kidney Transplantation, Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 11], Nephrology, 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine, mortality risk, Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use, Female, Immunosuppressive Agents
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In the general population with COVID-19, the male sex is an established risk factor for mortality, in part due to a more robust immune response to COVID-19 in women. Because patients on kidney function replacement therapy (KFRT) have an impaired immune response, especially kidney transplant recipients due to their use of immunosuppressants, we examined whether the male sex is still a risk factor for mortality among patients on KFRT with COVID-19. From the European Renal Association COVID-19 Database (ERACODA), we examined patients on KFRT with COVID-19 who presented between February 1st, 2020, and April 30th, 2021. 1204 kidney transplant recipients (male 62.0%, mean age 56.4 years) and 3206 dialysis patients (male 61.8%, mean age 67.7 years) were examined. Three-month mortality in kidney transplant recipients was 16.9% in males and 18.6% in females (p = 0.31) and in dialysis patients 27.1% in males and 21.9% in females (p = 0.001). The adjusted HR for the risk of 3-month mortality in males (vs females) was 0.89 (95% CI 65, 1.23, p = 0.49) in kidney transplant recipients and 1.33 (95% CI 1.13, 1.56, p = 0.001) in dialysis patients (pinteraction = 0.02). In a fully adjusted model, the aHR for the risk of 3-month mortality in kidney transplant recipients (vs. dialysis patients) was 1.39 (95% CI 1.02, 1.89, p = 0.04) in males and 2.04 (95% CI 1.40, 2.97, p interaction = 0.02). In patients on KFRT with COVID-19, the male sex is not a risk factor for mortality among kidney transplant recipients but remains a risk factor among dialysis patients. The use of immunosuppressants in kidney transplant recipients, among other factors, may have narrowed the difference in the immune response to COVID-19 between men and women, and therefore reduced the sex difference in COVID-19 mortality risk.

Published
2022

6. Mycophenolic Acid Exposure Determines Antibody Formation Following SARS‐CoV‐2 Vaccination in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Nested Cohort Study.

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Meziyerh, Soufian, Bouwmans, Pim, van Gelder, Teun, van der Helm, Danny, Messchendorp, Lianne, van der Boog, Paul J. M., de Fijter, Johan W., Moes, Dirk Jan A. R., and de Vries, Aiko P. J.

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MYCOPHENOLIC acid, ANTIBODY formation, KIDNEY transplantation, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccines, IMMUNOGLOBULINS
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Despite (repeated) boosting, kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) may remain at increased risk of severe COVID‐19 since a substantial number of individuals remain seronegative or with low antibody titers. In particular, mycophenolic acid use has been shown to affect antibody formation negatively and may be an important modifiable risk factor. We investigated the exposure–response relationship between mycophenolic acid 12‐hour area under the curve (AUC0–12h) exposure and seroconversion including antibody titers after vaccination using mRNA‐1273 SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccine (Moderna) in 316 KTRs from our center that participated in the national Dutch renal patients COVID‐19 vaccination – long term efficacy and safety of SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination in kidney disease patients vaccination study. After two vaccination doses, 162 (51%) KTRs seroconverted. KTRs treated with mycophenolic acid showed less seroconversion and lower antibody titers compared with KTRs without mycophenolic acid (44% vs. 77%, and 36 binding antibody units (BAU)/mL vs. 340 BAU/mL; P < 0.001). The mean mycophenolic acid AUC0–12h exposure was significantly lower in KTRs who seroconverted compared with KTRs who did not (39 vs. 29 mg⋅h/L; P < 0.001). High mycophenolic acid exposure (±90 mg⋅h/L) and no exposure to mycophenolic acid resulted in a seroconversion rate ranging from 10% to 80%. Every 10 mg⋅h/L increase in mycophenolic acid AUC0–12h gave an adjusted odds ratio for seroconversion of 0.87 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.79–0.97; P = 0.010) and 0.89 (95% CI, 0.85–0.93; P < 0.001) for KTRs on dual and triple maintenance immunosuppressive therapy, respectively. Higher mycophenolic acid AUC0–12h correlated with lower antibody titers (R = 0.44, P < 0.001). This study demonstrates the exposure–response relationship between gold standard mycophenolic acid exposure and antibody formation to support interventional studies investigating mycophenolic acid adjustment to improve antibody formation after further boosting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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7. Recovery of dialysis patients with COVID-19: health outcomes 3 months after diagnosis in ERACODA

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Hemmelder, M. H., Noordzij, M., Vart, P., Hilbrands, L. B., Jager, K. J., Abrahams, A. C., Arroyo, D., Battaglia, Y., Ekart, R., Mallamaci, F., Malloney, S. -R., Oliveira, J., Rydzewski, A., Sridharan, S., Vogt, L., Duivenvoorden, R., Gansevoort, R. T., Franssen, C. F. M., van der Net, J. B., Essig, M., du Buf-Vereijken, P. W. G., van Ginneken, B., Maas, N., van Jaarsveld, B. C., Bemelman, F. J., Klingenberg-Salahova, F., Heenan-Vos, F., Vervloet, M. G., Nurmohamed, A., Abramowicz, D., Verhofstede, S., Maoujoud, O., Malfait, T., Fialova, J., Melilli, E., Fava, A., Cruzado, J. M., Perez, N. M., Lips, J., Krepel, H., Adilovic, H., Hengst, M., Konings, C. J. A. M., Braconnier, P., Weis, D., Gellert, R., Alferes, D. G., Radulescu, D., Zakharova, E. V., Ambuehl, P. M., Guidotti, R., Walker, A., Lepeytre, F., Rabate, C., Rostoker, G., Marques, S., Azasevac, T., Majstorovic, G. S., Katicic, D., Dam, M. T., Kruger, T., Brzosko, S., Liakopoulos, V., Zanen, A. L., Logtenberg, S. J. J., Fricke, L., Kuryata, O., Slebe, J. J. P., Abd ElHafeez, S., Kemlin, D., van de Wetering, J., Reinders, M. E. J., Hesselink, D. A., van Gestel, J. K., Eiselt, J., Kielberger, L., El-Wakil, H. S., Verhoeven, M. A. M., Logan, I., Canal, C., Facundo, C., Ramos, A. M., Debska-Slizien, A., Veldhuizen, N. M. H., Tigka, E., Polyzou Konsta, M. A., Panagoutsos, S., Postorino, A., Cambareri, F., Matceac, I., Nistor, I., Covic, A., Groeneveld, J. H. M., Jousma, J., Diekmann, F., Oppenheimer, F., Blasco, M., Pereira, T. A., dos Santos Junior, A. C. S., Arias-Cabrales, C., Crespo, M., Llinas-Mallol, L., Buxeda, A., Tarrega, C. B., Redondo-Pachon, D., Arenas Jimenez, M. D., Mendoza-Valderrey, A., Martins, A. C., Mateus, C., Alvila, G., Laranjinha, I., Hofstra, J. M., Siezenga, M. A., Franco, A., Castellano, S., Rodriguez-Ferrero, M. L., Manzanos, S. B., Haridian Sosa Barrios, R., Lemahieu, W., Bartelet, K., Dirim, A. B., Demir, E., Sever, M. S., Turkmen, A., Safak, S., Hollander, D. A. M. J., Kerckhoffs, A., Buttner, S., de Vries, A. P. J., Meziyerh, S., van der Helm, D., Mallat, M., Bouwsma, H., Petruliene, K., Verberk, I., van der Sande, F. M., Christiaans, M. H. L., Mohankumar, N., Luca, M. D., Tuglular, S. Z., Kramer, A., Beerenhout, C., Luik, P. T., Kerschbaum, J., Tiefenthaler, M., Watschinger, B., Adema, A. Y., Stepanov, V. A., Zulkarnaev, A. B., Turkmen, K., Gandolfini, I., Maggiore, U., Fliedner, A., Asberg, A., Mjoen, G., Miyasato, H., de Fijter, C. W. H., Mongera, N., Pini, S., de Biase, C., van de Logt, A. E., Maas, R., Lebedeva, O., Lopez, V., Reichert, L. J. M., Verhave, J., Titov, D., Parshina, E. V., Zanoli, L., Marcantoni, C., van Kempen, G., van Gils-Verrij, L. E. A., Harty, J. C., Meurs, M., Myslak, M., Lentini, P., den Deurwaarder, E., Stendahl, M., Rahimzadeh, H., Schouten, M., Rychlik, I., Cabezas-Reina, C. J., Roca, A. M., Nauta, F., Sahin, I., Goffin, E., Kanaan, N., Labriola, L., Devresse, A., Diaz-Mareque, A., Coca, A., de Arriba, G., Meijers, B. K. I., Naesens, M., Kuypers, D., Desschans, B., Tonnerlier, A., Wissing, K. M., Dedinska, I., Pessolano, G., Malik, S., Dounousi, E., Papachristou, E., Berger, S. P., Meijer, E., Sanders, J. S. F., Ozyilmaz, A., Ponikvar, J. B., Pernat, A. M., Kovac, D., Arnol, M., Molenaar, F. M., van Zuilen, A. D., Meijvis, S. C. A., Dolmans, H., Tantisattamo, E., Esposito, P., Krzesinski, J. -M., Barahira, J. D., Gallieni, M., Martin-Moreno, P. L., Guglielmetti, G., Guzzo, G., Toapanta, N., Soler, M. J., Luik, A. J., van Kuijk, W. H. M., Stikkelbroeck, L. W. H., Hermans, M. M. H., Rimsevicius, L., Righetti, M., Islam, M., Heitink-Ter Braak, N., Nephrology, ACS - Microcirculation, ACS - Diabetes & metabolism, UCL - SSS/IREC/NEFR - Pôle de Néphrologie, UCL - (SLuc) Service de néphrologie, Clinical sciences, Faculteit Medische Wetenschappen/UMCG, Groningen Kidney Center (GKC), Cardiovascular Centre (CVC), Groningen Institute for Organ Transplantation (GIOT), Interne Geneeskunde, RS: Carim - V02 Hypertension and target organ damage, Medical Informatics, APH - Aging & Later Life, APH - Quality of Care, APH - Global Health, ACS - Pulmonary hypertension & thrombosis, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases, and Internal Medicine

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Male, Outcome Assessment, survival, mental health status, COVID-19 Testing, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Renal Dialysis, functional health status, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, 80 and over, Humans, KIDNEY-TRANSPLANT, AcademicSubjects/MED00340, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Transplantation, SARS-CoV-2, MORTALITY, COVID-19, Middle Aged, Health Care, Intensive Care Units, Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 11], Nephrology, dialysis, Original Article, Female, Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 11]
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Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related short-term mortality is high in dialysis patients, but longer-term outcomes are largely unknown. We therefore assessed patient recovery in a large cohort of dialysis patients 3 months after their COVID-19 diagnosis. Methods We analyzed data on dialysis patients diagnosed with COVID-19 from 1 February 2020 to 31 March 2021 from the European Renal Association COVID-19 Database (ERACODA). The outcomes studied were patient survival, residence and functional and mental health status (estimated by their treating physician) 3 months after COVID-19 diagnosis. Complete follow-up data were available for 854 surviving patients. Patient characteristics associated with recovery were analyzed using logistic regression. Results In 2449 hemodialysis patients (mean ± SD age 67.5 ± 14.4 years, 62% male), survival probabilities at 3 months after COVID-19 diagnosis were 90% for nonhospitalized patients (n = 1087), 73% for patients admitted to the hospital but not to an intensive care unit (ICU) (n = 1165) and 40% for those admitted to an ICU (n = 197). Patient survival hardly decreased between 28 days and 3 months after COVID-19 diagnosis. At 3 months, 87% functioned at their pre-existent functional and 94% at their pre-existent mental level. Only few of the surviving patients were still admitted to the hospital (0.8–6.3%) or a nursing home (∼5%). A higher age and frailty score at presentation and ICU admission were associated with worse functional outcome. Conclusions Mortality between 28 days and 3 months after COVID-19 diagnosis was low and the majority of patients who survived COVID-19 recovered to their pre-existent functional and mental health level at 3 months after diagnosis.

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2022

8. Clinical, Functional, and Mental Health Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients 3 Months After a Diagnosis of COVID-19

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Duivenvoorden, Raphaël, Vart, Priya, Noordzij, Marlies, Soares Dos Santos, Augusto C., Zulkarnaev, Alex B., Franssen, Casper F. M., Kuypers, Dirk, Demir, Erol, Rahimzadeh, Hormat, Kerschbaum, Julia, Jager, Kitty J., Turkmen, Kultigin, Hemmelder, Marc H., Schouten, Marcel, Rodríguez-Ferrero, María Luisa, Crespo, Marta, Gansevoort, Ron T., Hilbrands, Luuk B., van der Net, Jeroen B., Essig, Marie, du Buf-Vereijken, Peggy W. G., van Ginneken, Betty, Maas, Nanda, Vogt, Liffert, van Jaarsveld, Brigit C., Bemelman, Frederike J., Klingenberg-Salahova, Farah, Heenan-Vos, Frederiek, Vervloet, Marc G., Nurmohamed, Azam, Abramowicz, Daniel, Verhofstede, Sabine, Maoujoud, Omar, Malfait, Thomas, Fialova, Jana, Melilli, Edoardo, Favà, Alexandre, Cruzado, Josep M., Montero Perez, Nuria, Lips, Joy, Krepel, Harmen, Adilovic, Harun, Hengst, Maaike, Konings, Constantijn, Rydzewski, Andrzej, Braconnier, Philippe, Weis, Daniel, Gellert, Ryszard, Oliveira, João, Alferes, Daniela G., Radulescu, Daniela, Zakharova, Elena V., Ambuehl, Patrice Max, Guidotti, Rebecca, Walker, Andrea, Lepeytre, Fanny, Rabaté, Clémentine, Rostoker, Guy, Marques, Sofia, Azasevac, Tijana, Strazmester Majstorovic, Gordana, Katicic, Dajana, ten Dam, Marc, Krüger, Thilo, Brzosko, Szymon, Liakopoulos, Vassilios, Zanen, Adriaan L., Logtenberg, Susan J. J., Fricke, Lutz, Kuryata, Olexandr, Slebe, Jeroen J. P., Abd Elhafeez, Samar, Kemlin, Delphine, van de Wetering, Jacqueline, Reinders, Marlies E. J., Hesselink, Dennis A., Kal-van Gestel, J., Eiselt, Jaromir, Kielberger, Lukas, el-Wakil, Hala S., Verhoeven, Martine, Logan, Ian, Canal, Cristina, Facundo, Carme, Ramos, Ana M., Debska-Slizien, Alicja, Veldhuizen, Nicoline M. H., Tigka, Eirini, Polyzou Konsta, Maria Anna, Panagoutsos, Stylianos, Mallamaci, Francesca, Postorino, Adele, Cambareri, Francesco, Matceac, Irina, Nistor, Ionut, Covic, Adrian, Groeneveld, J. H. M., Jousma, Jolanda, van Buren, Marjolijn, Diekmann, Fritz, Oppenheimer, Federico, Blasco, Miquel, Assis Pereira, Tiago, Arias-Cabrales, Carlos, Llinàs-Mallol, Laura, Buxeda, Anna, Tàrrega, Carla Burballa, Redondo-Pachon, Dolores, Jimenez, Maria Dolores Arenas, Mendoza-Valderrey, Alberto, Martins, Ana Cristina, Mateus, Catarina, Alvila, Goncalo, Laranjinha, Ivo, Hofstra, Julia M., Siezenga, Machiel A., Franco, Antonio, Arroyo, David, Castellano, Sandra, Balda Manzanos, Sagrario, Sosa Barrios, R. Haridian, Lemahieu, Wim, Bartelet, Karlijn, Burak Dirim, Ahmet, Sukru Sever, Mehmet, Turkmen, Aydin, Şafak, Seda, Hollander, Daan A. M. J., Büttner, Stefan, de Vries, Aiko P. J., Meziyerh, Soufian, van der Helm, Danny, Mallat, Marko, Bouwsma, Hanneke, Sridharan, Sivakumar, Petruliene, Kristina, Maloney, Sharon-Rose, Verberk, Iris, van der Sande, Frank M., Christiaans, Maarten H. L., Mohan Kumar, N., di Luca, Marina, Tuǧlular, Serhan Z., Kramer, Andrea, Beerenhout, Charles, Luik, Peter T., Tiefenthaler, Martin, Watschinger, Bruno, Adema, Aaltje Y., Stepanov, Vadim A., Gandolfini, Ilaria, Maggiore, Umberto, Fliedner, Anselm, Åsberg, Anders, Mjoen, Geir, Miyasato, Hitoshi, de Fijter, Carola W. H., Mongera, Nicola, Pini, Stefano, de Biase, Consuelo, Kerckhoffs, Angele, van de Logt, Anne Els, Maas, Rutger, Lebedeva, Olga, Lopez, Veronica, Reichert, Louis J. M., Verhave, Jacobien, Titov, Denis, Parshina, Ekaterina V., Zanoli, Luca, Marcantoni, Carmelita, van Kempen, Gijs, van Gils-Verrij, Liesbeth E. A., Harty, John C., Meurs, Marleen, Myslak, Marek, Battaglia, Yuri, Lentini, Paolo, den Deurwaarder, Edwin, Stendahl, Maria, Rychlik, Ivan, Cabezas-Reina, Carlos J., Maria Roca, Ana, Nauta, Ferdau, Sahin, İdris, Goffin, Eric, Kanaan, Nada, Labriola, Laura, Devresse, Arnaud, Diaz-Mareque, Anabel, Coca, Armando, de Arriba, Gabriel, Meijers, Björn K. I., Naesens, Maarten, Desschans, Bruno, Tonnerlier, Annelies, Wissing, Karl M., Dedinska, Ivana, Pessolano, Giuseppina, Malik, Shafi, Dounousi, Evangelia, Papachristou, Evangelos, Berger, Stefan P., Meijer, Esther, Sanders, Jan Stephan F., Özyilmaz, Akin, Buturović Ponikvar, Jadranka, Marn Pernat, Andreja, Kovac, Damjan, Arnol, Miha, Ekart, Robert, Abrahams, Alferso C., Molenaar, Femke M., van Zuilen, Arjan D., Meijvis, Sabine C. A., Dolmans, Helma, Tantisattamo, Ekamol, Esposito, Pasquale, Krzesinski, Jean-Marie, Barahira, Jean Damacène, Gallieni, Maurizio, Martin-Moreno, Paloma Leticia, Guglielmetti, Gabriele, Guzzo, Gabriella, Toapanta, Nestor, Jose Soler, Maria, Luik, Antinus J., van Kuijk, Willi H. M., Stikkelbroeck, Lonneke W. H., Hermans, Marc M. H., Rimsevicius, Laurynas, Righetti, Marco, Islam, Mahmud, Heitink-ter Braak, Nicole, Groningen Kidney Center (GKC), Cardiovascular Centre (CVC), UCL - SSS/IREC/NEFR - Pôle de Néphrologie, UCL - (SLuc) Service de néphrologie, Medical Informatics, ACS - Pulmonary hypertension & thrombosis, APH - Aging & Later Life, APH - Quality of Care, APH - Global Health, Nephrology, ACS - Diabetes & metabolism, Internal Medicine, Interne Geneeskunde, RS: Carim - V02 Hypertension and target organ damage, and Clinical sciences

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kidney transplant, Adult, Kidney Disease, Outcome Assessment, Renal and urogenital, infectious diseases, Medical and Health Sciences, clinical, DISEASE, All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center, Rare Diseases, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, 7.1 Individual care needs, Clinical Research, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Humans, Retrospective Studies, Transplantation, SARS-CoV-2, MORTALITY, Rehabilitation, COVID-19, mental health outcomes, survive, Organ Transplantation, Original Clinical Science—General, Middle Aged, SOLID-ORGAN TRANSPLANT, Kidney Transplantation, Transplant Recipients, DIALYSIS PATIENTS, Health Care, functional, Intensive Care Units, Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 11], Good Health and Well Being, Nephrology, ERACODA, ERACODA Collaborators, Surgery, Management of diseases and conditions, Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 11]
Abstract

BACKGROUND: Kidney transplant patients are at high risk for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related mortality. However, limited data are available on longer-term clinical, functional, and mental health outcomes in patients who survive COVID-19.METHODS: We analyzed data from adult kidney transplant patients in the European Renal Association COVID-19 Database who presented with COVID-19 between February 1, 2020, and January 31, 2021.RESULTS: We included 912 patients with a mean age of 56.7 (±13.7) y. 26.4% were not hospitalized, 57.5% were hospitalized without need for intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and 16.1% were hospitalized and admitted to the ICU. At 3 mo follow-up survival was 82.3% overall, and 98.8%, 84.2%, and 49.0%, respectively, in each group. At 3 mo follow-up biopsy-proven acute rejection, need for renal replacement therapy, and graft failure occurred in the overall group in 0.8%, 2.6%, and 1.8% respectively, and in 2.1%, 10.6%, and 10.6% of ICU-admitted patients, respectively. Of the surviving patients, 83.3% and 94.4% reached their pre-COVID-19 physician-reported functional and mental health status, respectively, within 3 mo. Of patients who had not yet reached their prior functional and mental health status, their treating physicians expected that 79.6% and 80.0%, respectively, still would do so within the coming year. ICU admission was independently associated with a low likelihood to reach prior functional and mental health status.CONCLUSIONS: In kidney transplant recipients alive at 3-mo follow-up, clinical, physician-reported functional, and mental health recovery was good for both nonhospitalized and hospitalized patients. Recovery was, however, less favorable for patients who had been admitted to the ICU.

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2022

9. Clinical triage of patients on kidney replacement therapy presenting with COVID-19: An ERACODA registry analysis

Author

Mitra, S., Jayanti, A., Vart, P., Coca, A., Gallieni, M., Ovrehus, M. A., Midtvedt, K., Abd Elhafeez, S., Gandolfini, I., Buttner, S., Franssen, C. F. M., Hemmelder, M. H., Van Der Net, J. B., Essig, M., Du Buf-Vereijken, P. W. G., Van Ginneken, B., Maas, N., Vogt, L., Van Jaarsveld, B. C., Jager, K. J., Bemelman, F. J., Klingenberg-Salahova, F., Heenan-Vos, F., Vervloet, M. G., Nurmohamed, A., Abramowicz, D., Verhofstede, S., Maoujoud, O., Malfait, T., Fialova, J., Melilli, E., Fava, A., Cruzado, J. M., Perez, N. M., Lips, J., Krepel, H., Adilovic, H., Hengst, M., Rydzewski, A., Gellert, R., Oliveira, J., Alferes, D. G., Zakharova, E. V., Ambuehl, P. M., Walker, A., Winzeler, R., Lepeytre, F., Rabate, C., Rostoker, G., Marques, S., Azasevac, T., Katicic, D., Dam, M. T., Kruger, T., Brzosko, S., Zanen, A. L., Logtenberg, S. J. J., Fricke, L., Slebe, J. J. P., Kemlin, D., Van De Wetering, J., Reinders, M. E. J., Eiselt, J., Kielberger, L., El-Wakil, H. S., Verhoeven, M. A. M., Canal, C., Facundo, C., Ramos, A. M., Debska-Slizien, A., Veldhuizen, N. M. H., Tigka, E., Konsta, M. A. P., Panagoutsos, S., Mallamaci, F., Postorino, A., Cambareri, F., Covic, A., Matceac, I., Nistor, I., Cordos, M., Groeneveld, J. H. M., Jousma, J., Marjolijn Van Buren, Diekmann, F., Tiago Assis Pereira, Santos, A. C. S., Arias-Cabrales, C., Crespo, M., Llinas-Mallol, L., Buxeda, A., Tarrega, C. B., Redondo-Pachon, D., Jimenez, M. D. A., Hofstra, J. M., Franco, A., Arroyo, D., Rodriguez-Ferrero, M. L., Manzanos, S. B., Barrios, R. H. S., Avila, G., Laranjinha, I., Mateus, C., Lemahieu, W., Bartelet, K., Dirim, A. B., Sever, M. S., Demir, E., Safak, S., Turkmen, A., Hollander, D. A. M. J., De Vries, A. P. J., Meziyerh, S., Van Der Helm, D., Mallat, M., Bouwsma, H., Sridharan, S., Petruliene, K., Maloney, S. -R., Verberk, I., Van Der Sande, F. M., Christiaans, M. H. L., Mohankumar, N., Di Luca, M., Tuglular, S. Z., Kramer, A., Beerenhout, C., Luik, P. T., Kerschbaum, J., Tiefenthaler, M., Watschinger, B., Adema, A. Y., Stepanov, V. A., Zulkarnaev, A. B., Turkmen, K., Fliedner, A., Asberg, A., Mjoen, G., Miyasato, H., De Fijter, C. W. H., Mongera, N., Pini, S., De Biase, C., Duivenvoorden, R., Hilbrands, L., Kerckhoffs, A., Van De Logt, A. -E., Maas, R., Lebedeva, O., Lopez, V., Verhave, J., Reichert, L. J. M., Titov, D., Parshina, E. V., Zanoli, L., Marcantoni, C., Van Gils-Verrij, L. E. A., Harty, J. C., Meurs, M., Myslak, M., Battaglia, Y., Lentini, P., Den Deurwaarder, E., Stendahl, M., Rahimzadeh, H., Schouten, M., Rychlik, I., Cabezas-Reina, C. J., Roca, A. M., Nauta, F., Goffin, E., Kanaan, N., Labriola, L., Devresse, A., Diaz-Mareque, A., Meijers, B. K. I., Naesens, M., Kuypers, D., Desschans, B., Tonnelier, A., Wissing, K. M., De Arriba, G., Dedinska, I., Pessolano, G., Maggiore, U., Malik, S., Papachristou, E., Gansevoort, R. T., Noordzij, M., Berger, S. P., Meijer, E., Ozyilmaz, A., Sanders, J. S. F., Ponikvar, J. B., Arnol, M., Pernat, A. M., Kovac, D., Ekart, R., Abrahams, A. C., Molenaar, F. M., Van Zuilen, A. D., Meijvis, S. C. A., Dolmans, H., Tantisattamo, E., Esposito, P., Krzesinski, J. -M., Barahira, J. D., Sabiu, G., Martin-Moreno, P. L., Guglielmetti, G., Guzzo, G., Toapanta, N., Soler, M. J., Luik, A. J., Van Kuijk, W. H. M., Stikkelbroeck, L. W. H., Hermans, M. M. H., Rimsevicius, L., Righetti, M., Islam, M., Braak, N. H. -T., Nephrology, UCL - SSS/IREC/NEFR - Pôle de Néphrologie, UCL - (SLuc) Service de néphrologie, Interne Geneeskunde, RS: Carim - V02 Hypertension and target organ damage, Groningen Kidney Center (GKC), ACS - Diabetes & metabolism, AII - Inflammatory diseases, AII - Infectious diseases, Internal Medicine, and Clinical sciences

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kidney, medicine.medical_specialty, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), medicine.medical_treatment, Pulmonary insufficiency, infectious diseases, Kidney, Second presentation, Interquartile range, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Registries, Mortality, AcademicSubjects/MED00340, Dialysis, Aged, Transplantation, second presentation, business.industry, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, medicine.disease, mortality, Triage, Hospitalization, Renal Replacement Therapy, Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 11], Nephrology, Oxygen Saturation, dialysis, Original Article, Hemodialysis, Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 11], Presentation (obstetrics), business, transplantation
Abstract

Background Patients on kidney replacement therapy (KRT) are at very high risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The triage pathway for KRT patients presenting to hospitals with varying severity of COVID-19 illness remains ill-defined. We studied the clinical characteristics of patients at initial and subsequent hospital presentations and the impact on patient outcomes. Methods The European Renal Association COVID-19 Database (ERACODA) was analysed for clinical and laboratory features of 1423 KRT patients with COVID-19 either hospitalized or non-hospitalized at initial triage and those re-presenting a second time. Predictors of outcomes (hospitalization, 28-day mortality) were then determined for all those not hospitalized at initial triage. Results Among 1423 KRT patients with COVID-19 [haemodialysis (HD), n = 1017; transplant, n = 406), 25% (n = 355) were not hospitalized at first presentation due to mild illness (30% HD, 13% transplant). Of the non-hospitalized patients, only 10% (n = 36) re-presented a second time, with a 5-day median interval between the two presentations (interquartile range 2–7 days). Patients who re-presented had worsening respiratory symptoms, a decrease in oxygen saturation (97% versus 90%) and an increase in C-reactive protein (26 versus 73 mg/L) and were older (72 vs 63 years) compared with those who did not return a second time. The 28-day mortality between early admission (at first presentation) and deferred admission (at second presentation) was not significantly different (29% versus 25%; P = 0.6). Older age, prior smoking history, higher clinical frailty score and self-reported shortness of breath at first presentation were identified as risk predictors of mortality when re-presenting after discharge at initial triage. Conclusions This study provides evidence that KRT patients with COVID-19 and mild illness can be managed effectively with supported outpatient care and with vigilance of respiratory symptoms, especially in those with risk factors for poor outcomes. Our findings support a risk-stratified clinical approach to admissions and discharges of KRT patients presenting with COVID-19 to aid clinical triage and optimize resource utilization during the ongoing pandemic.

Published
2021

10. The RECOVAC IR study: the immune response and safety of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine in patients with chronic kidney disease, on dialysis or living with a kidney transplant

Author

Kho, Marcia M. L., Reinders, Marlies E. J., Baan, Carla C., van Baarle, Debbie, Bemelman, Frederike J., DIavatopoulos, D. Imitri A., Gansevoort, Ron T., van der Klis, Fiona R. M., Koopmans, Marion P. G., Messchendorp, A. Lianne, van der Molen, Renate G., Remmerswaal, Ester B. M., Rots, Nynke, Vart, Priya, de Vries, Rory D., Hilbrands, Luuk B., Sanders, Jan-Stephan F., Abrahams, A. C., Hemmelder, M. H., ten Dam, M. A. G. J., de Vries, A. P. J., van Binnendijk, R. S., den Hartog, G., Bouwmans, P., Frolke, S., Malahé, S. R. K., Translational Immunology Groningen (TRIGR), Groningen Kidney Center (GKC), Cardiovascular Centre (CVC), Groningen Institute for Organ Transplantation (GIOT), Nephrology, AII - Inflammatory diseases, Experimental Immunology, APH - Aging & Later Life, Internal Medicine, and Virology

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Chronic/complications, medicine.medical_specialty, COVID-19 Vaccines, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/complications, medicine.medical_treatment, COVID-19/prevention & control, lnfectious Diseases and Global Health Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 4], Kidney Failure, Immune system, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Renal Dialysis, Internal medicine, Research Letter, medicine, Humans, Renal Insufficiency, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, AcademicSubjects/MED00340, Vaccines, Synthetic/adverse effects, Dialysis, Kidney transplantation, Vaccines, Transplantation, Vaccines, Synthetic, business.industry, Immunity, COVID-19, medicine.disease, Kidney Transplantation, Chronic/therapy, Vaccination, Kidney Failure, Chronic/therapy, Nephrology, Cohort, Kidney Failure, Chronic, Observational study, Hemodialysis, Renal disorders Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 11], business, Synthetic/adverse effects, Inflammatory diseases Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 5], Kidney disease, 2019-nCoV Vaccine mRNA-1273, COVID-19 Vaccines/adverse effects
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2021

11. Increased Tacrolimus Exposure in Kidney Transplant Recipients With COVID-19: Inflammation-Driven Downregulation of Metabolism as a Potential Mechanism.

Author

Klomp, Sylvia D., Meziyerh, Soufian, Vissers, Maurits F. J. M., Moes, Dirk J. A. R., Arends, Eline J., Teng, Y. K. Onno, Swen, Jesse J., and de Vries, Aiko P. J.

Subjects
KIDNEY transplantation, TACROLIMUS, DRUG monitoring, COVID-19, DOWNREGULATION
Abstract

Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are at increased risk of severe COVID-19 disease compared to the general population. This is partly driven by their use of immunosuppressive therapy, which influences inflammatory responses and viral loads. Current guidelines suggest to withdraw mycophenolate while calcineurin inhibitors are often continued during a COVID-19 infection. However, clinical signs of calcineurin toxicity have been described in multiple COVID-19 positive KTRs. In this report we describe the course of tacrolimus exposure prior to, during, and post COVID-19 in observations from three clinical cases as well as four KTRs from a controlled trial population. We postulate inflammation driven downregulation of the CYP3A metabolism as a potential mechanism for higher tacrolimus exposure. To mitigate the risk of tacrolimus overexposure and toxicity therapeutic drug monitoring is recommended in KTRs with COVID-19 both in the in-, outpatient and home monitoring setting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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12. Topics, Delivery Modes, and Social-Epistemological Dimensions of Web-Based Information for Patients Undergoing Renal Transplant and Living Donors During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Content Analysis.

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Klaveren, Charlotte W van, Jong, Peter G M de, Hendriks, Renée A, Luk, Franka, Vries, Aiko P J de, Boog, Paul J M van der, Reinders, Marlies E J, van Klaveren, Charlotte W, de Jong, Peter G M, de Vries, Aiko P J, and van der Boog, Paul J M

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VIRAL pneumonia, INTERNET, KIDNEY transplantation, COVID-19, UNCERTAINTY, INTELLECT, EPIDEMICS, PATIENT education, TELEMEDICINE, ORGAN donors
Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has markedly affected renal transplant care. During this time of social distancing, limited in-person visits, and uncertainty, patients and donors are relying more than ever on telemedicine and web-based information. Several factors can influence patients' understanding of web-based information, such as delivery modes (instruction, interaction, and assessment) and social-epistemological dimensions (choices in interactive knowledge building).Objective: The aim of this study was to systemically evaluate the content, delivery modes, and social-epistemological dimensions of web-based information on COVID-19 and renal transplantation at time of the pandemic.Methods: Multiple keyword combinations were used to retrieve websites on COVID-19 and renal transplantation using the search engines Google.com and Google.nl. From 14 different websites, 30 webpages were examined to determine their organizational sources, topics, delivery modes, and social-epistemological dimensions.Results: The variety of topics and delivery modes was limited. A total of 13 different delivery modes were encountered, of which 8 (62%) were instructional and 5 (38%) were interactional; no assessment delivery modes were observed. No website offered all available delivery modes. The majority of delivery modes (8/13, 62%) focused on individual and passive learning, whereas group learning and active construction of knowledge were rarely encountered.Conclusions: By taking interactive knowledge transfer into account, the educational quality of eHealth for transplant care could increase, especially in times of crisis when rapid knowledge transfer is needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2020
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