COVID-19 in an international European liver transplant recipient cohort.
Chiara BecchettiMarco Fabrizio ZambelliLuisa PasuloMaria Francesca DonatoFederica InvernizziOlivier DetryGéraldine DahlqvistOlga CiccarelliMaria Cristina MorelliMontserrat FragaGianluca Svegliati-BaroniHans van VlierbergheMinneke J CoenraadMario Cristobal RomeroAndrea de GottardiPierluigi ToniuttoLuca Del PreteClaudia AbbatiDidier SamuelJacques PirenneFrederik NevensJean-François Dufournull nullPublished in: Gut (2020)
In this European multicentre prospective study of liver transplant recipients, COVID-19 was associated with an overall and in-hospital fatality rate of 12% (95% CI 5% to 24%) and 17% (95% CI 7% to 32%), respectively. A history of cancer was more frequent in patients with poorer outcome.