Deceased Donor Kidneys Utilization and Discard Rates During COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

Miah T Li^{1

2}, Kristen L King^{1

2}, S Ali Husain^{1

2}, Jesse D Schold^{3

4}, Sumit Mohan^{1

2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
² Columbia University Renal Epidemiology Group, New York, New York, USA.
³ Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
⁴ Center for Populations Health Research, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.

Miah T Li et al. Kidney Int Rep. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 19;6(9):2463-2467.

doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2021.06.002. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Miah T Li^{1

2}, Kristen L King^{1

2}, S Ali Husain^{1

2}, Jesse D Schold^{3

4}, Sumit Mohan^{1

2

5}

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
² Columbia University Renal Epidemiology Group, New York, New York, USA.
³ Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
⁴ Center for Populations Health Research, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; deceased donor kidney; discard; utilization.

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