Table 4: Summarizes most important study points.
Main points in our study |
Number of LTx recipients |
Percentage |
Total number of LTx recipients in our center
|
255 |
100% |
COVID-19 cases classification |
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Number of COVID-19 cases |
21 |
8.23% |
Confirmed cases by PCR |
17 |
80.5% |
Suspected cased by labs and imaging |
4 |
19% |
Duration since Ltx |
||
Long term survivors (> 12 months) |
19 |
90.4% |
Recent Ltx recipients (< 12 months) |
2 |
9.5% |
Graft function during COVID-19 infection |
||
Stable |
19 |
90% |
Chronic rejection |
1 |
4.7% |
Biliary stricture |
3 |
14.2% |
Other comorbidities |
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Diabetes |
2 |
9.5% |
Hypertension |
1 |
4.6% |
Smoking |
0 |
0% |
Obesity |
0 |
0% |
Needs hospitalization? |
||
Yes? |
9 |
42.6% |
Oxygen therapy? |
3 |
14.2% |
ICU admission? |
1 |
4.6% |
Mechanical ventilation? |
1 |
4.6% |
Inotropes/Renal replacement therapy |
1 |
4.6% |
No? |
12 |
57% |
WHO assesment scale (0 = no infection 1 = no limitation of activities 2 = limitation of activities 3 = hospitalized, no oxygen therapy 4 = oxygen by mask or nasal prong 5 = non-invasive ventilation or high-flow oxygen 6 = intubation and mechanical ventilation 7 = ventilation + additional organ support 8 = death) |
||
1 |
6 |
28% |
2 |
5 |
23% |
3 |
7 |
33.3% |
4 |
2 |
9.5% |
7 |
1 |
4.6% |
CT chest (0 = Normal 1 = Ground glass/consolidation 2 = Crazy paving 3 = Vascular thickening 4 = All those findings) |
||
0 |
5 |
23% |
1 |
4 |
19% |
2 |
2 |
9.5% |
3 |
3 |
14% |
4 |
1 |
4.6% |
5 |
6 |
28% |
Outcome |
||
Improved |
20 |
95% |
Mortality |
1 |
4.6% |
Immunosuppressive therapy |
||
Stop |
2 |
9.5% |
Reduce dose |
2 |
9.5% |
Continue same dose |
17 |
80% |