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. 2022 Aug;22(8):1958-1962.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.17065. Epub 2022 Apr 28.

COVID-19 and transplantation-Data censoring

Vijay Subramanian  1 , Christopher Anderson  2 , Seth Karp  3 , Stephen Pastan  4 , David Gerber  5 , Jayme Locke  6 , Ari Cohen  7 , Malay Shah  8 , Vincent Casingal  9 , Robert Strata  10 , Neeraj Singh  11 , Derek DuBay  12 , Kiran Dhanireddy  1
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COVID-19 and transplantation-Data censoring

Vijay Subramanian et al. Am J Transplant. 2022 Aug.

Abstract

During the early wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) designated a "black out" period between March 12, 2020, and June 12, 2020, for transplant outcomes reporting. We discuss the implications and potential bias it has introduced as it may selectively favor the outcomes for certain regions and harm other regions due to varied effects of different waves of COVID-19 infections across the United States.

Keywords: Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (SRTR); editorial/personal viewpoint; ethics and public policy; law/legislation; organ transplantation in general; patient survival.

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COVID‐19 cases per 100,000 population across UNOS regions over the period January 2020 to December 2021 (data obtained from CDC)
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COVID‐19 deaths per 100,000 population across UNOS regions over the period January 2020 to December 2021 (data obtained from CDC)
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UNOS regions map
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Comment in

  • Data carve out in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Mannon RB, Khush KK, Mohan S, Vock DM, Knight R, Pittman J, Zinner C, Orlowski JP. Mannon RB, et al. Am J Transplant. 2022 Dec;22(12):3178-3179. doi: 10.1111/ajt.17132. Epub 2022 Jul 9. Am J Transplant. 2022. PMID: 35767419 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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