COVID-19 infection in patients with history of pediatric heart transplant in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

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serval:BIB_BD1E0A5AFDE2
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
COVID-19 infection in patients with history of pediatric heart transplant in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Périodique
Clinical transplantation
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Ulrich S., Balmer C., Becker K., Bruhs J., Danne F., Debus V., Dewein L., Di-Bernardo S., Doll U., Fleck T., Tirilomis T., Glöckler M., Grafmann M., Greil S., Grosser U., Saur P., Skrzypek S., Steinmetz M.
Collaborateur⸱rice⸱s
Working group thoracic organ transplantation DGPK
ISSN
1399-0012 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0902-0063
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
03/2024
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
38
Numéro
3
Pages
e15272
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Multicenter Study ; Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
COVID-19 is a heterogenous infection-asymptomatic to fatal. While the course of pediatric COVID-19 infections is usually mild or even asymptomatic, individuals after adult heart transplantation are at high risk of a severe infection. We conducted a retrospective, multicenter survey of 16 pediatric heart transplant centers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland to evaluate the risk of a severe COVID-19 infection after pediatric heart transplantation between 02/2020 and 06/2021. Twenty-six subjects (11 male) with a median age of 9.77 years at time of transplantation and a median of 4.65 years after transplantation suffered from COVID-19 infection. The median age at time of COVID-10 infection was 17.20 years. Fourteen subjects had an asymptomatic COVID-19 infection. The most frequent symptoms were myalgia/fatigue (n = 6), cough (n = 5), rhinitis (n = 5), and loss of taste (n = 5). Only one subject showed dyspnea. Eleven individuals needed therapy in an outpatient setting, four subjects were hospitalized. One person needed oxygen supply, none of the subjects needed non-invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation. No specific signs for graft dysfunction were found by non-invasive testing. In pediatric heart transplant subjects, COVID-19 infection was mostly asymptomatic or mild. There were no SARS-CoV-2 associated myocardial dysfunction in heart transplant individuals.
Mots-clé
Adult, Humans, Male, Child, Adolescent, COVID-19/epidemiology, Austria/epidemiology, Switzerland/epidemiology, Retrospective Studies, Heart Transplantation/adverse effects, Germany/epidemiology, COVID-19 infection, SARS-CoV-2 associated myocardial dysfunction, asymptomatic course, pediatric heart transplantation
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Oui
Création de la notice
11/03/2024 11:05
Dernière modification de la notice
26/03/2024 7:10
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