Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39220217›Full record

ArticleTransplantation direct2024

A Single-center Experience With >200 Lung Transplant Recipients With COVID-19 Infection.

Hiromu Kehara, Ashley Johnson-Whiting, Roh Yanagida, Kewal Krishan, Huaqing Zhao, Aaron Mishkin, Francis Cordova, Gerard J Criner, Yoshiya Toyoda, Norihisa Shigemura

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Transplantation direct, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Hiromu KeharaDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1411-1062
Ashley Johnson-WhitingDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Roh YanagidaDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Kewal KrishanDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Huaqing ZhaoDepartment of Biomedical Education and Data Science, Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Aaron MishkinSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Francis CordovaDepartment of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
Gerard J CrinerDepartment of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.
Yoshiya ToyodaDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Norihisa ShigemuraDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3747-5088

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Although COVID-19 is no longer a declared global health emergency, data remain limited on the impact of COVID-19 in lung transplant recipients. Methods: We identified lung transplant recipients who were diagnosed with COVID-19 from March 2020 through August 2022 in our institutional database and investigated clinical outcomes. We then analyzed outcomes based on date of COVID-19 diagnosis (first wave March 2020-October 2020; second wave November 2020-2021; third wave December 2021-September 2022) and compared these results. Results: Of the 210 lung transplant recipients (median age 67; 67% men) enrolled, 140 (67%) required hospital admission. Among admitted recipients, 35 (25%) were intubated and 7 (5%) were placed on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Overall survival was 67.1% at 1 y and 59.0% at 2 y post-COVID-19 diagnosis. COVID-19 led to mortality in all 5 patients diagnosed during their index admission for lung transplantation. Although overall survival was significantly better in recipients with COVID-19 during the third wave, in-hospital mortality remained high (first wave 28%, second wave 38%, and 28% third wave). Vaccination (partially vaccinated versus none and fully vaccinated versus none) was the only significant protective factor for hospital admission, and age 70 y and older and partially vaccinated (versus none or fully vaccinated) were independent risk factors for in-hospital mortality. Conclusions: Overall survival after COVID-19 infection in lung transplant recipients continues to improve; however, in-hospital mortality remains remarkably high. Vaccination appears to have been impactful in preventing hospital admission, but its impact on in-hospital mortality is still unclear. Further research is needed to better identify lung transplant recipients at high risk for mortality from COVID-19.

Identifiers

PMID39220217
PMCPMC11365680

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.