National study on the risks of COVID-19 infection for paediatric kidney transplant recipients: a retrospective, cross-sectional study
Conclusion
We report 10.4% of the UK paediatric renal transplantation population had documented COVID-19 infections with positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR RNA with 28% of those affected requiring hospitalisation. The increased incidence of AKI, particularly after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, was possibly due to increased testing. There was low morbidity and mortality compared with the adult population.
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Withers, C., Patel, R., Reynolds, B. C., Christian, M., Muorah, M., Tse, Y., Edwards, L., Yadav, P., Haq, S., Hegde, S., Callaghan, C. J., Bamford, A., Marks, S. D. Tags: COVID-19 Original research Source Type: research
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