Clinical and emotional factors for the acceptance or refusal of deceased‐donor kidney transplantation in patients on waiting lists during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Approximately 20% of the patients had experienced some symptoms related to COVID-19 and had undergone a PCR or antigen test. Fortunately, no patient was diagnosed with COVID-19 in this cohort. Clinical and emotional factors for the acceptance or refusal of deceased-donor kidney transplantation in patients on waiting lists during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic Abbreviations & Acronyms CI confidence interval COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019 DDKT deceased-donor kidney transplantation HD hemodialysis IQR interquartile range KT kidney transplantation LDKT living-donor kidney transplantation OR odds ratio PCR polymerase chain reaction PD peritoneal dialysis SARS-CoV-2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 WL waiting list Caused by the SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 has caused substantial changes in the practice of KT. [Extracted from the article]