Exacerbation of Racial Disparities in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Neeraj SinghRuixin LiTarek AlhamadMark A SchnitzlerKymberly D WattMona D DoshiKenneth J WoodsideBenjamin E HippenMatthew CooperJon J SnyderDavid A AxelrodKrista L LentinePublished in: Kidney360 (2022)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic profoundly impacted transplant services, with a particularly strong impact on living donor kidney transplantation.The COVID-19 pandemic appears to have disproportionately impacted Black patients' access to living donor kidney transplantation.As the pandemic evolves through surges and vaccine acceptance disparities persist, ongoing attention to transplant disparities is needed.
Keyphrases
- kidney transplantation
- coronavirus disease
- end stage renal disease
- affordable care act
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- healthcare
- chronic kidney disease
- sars cov
- primary care
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- working memory
- patient reported outcomes
- intensive care unit
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome