Return to School and COVID-19 Vaccination for Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Recipients in the United States: Expert Opinion for 2021-2022

Author:

Downes Kevin J12ORCID,Statler Victoria A34ORCID,Orscheln Rachel C56,Cousino Melissa K78,Green Michael910,Michaels Marian G910,Muller William J1112,Sharma Tanvi S1314,Danziger-Isakov Lara A1516,Ardura Monica I1718

Affiliation:

1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

2. Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

3. Division of Infectious Diseases, Norton Children’s Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

4. Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

5. Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

6. Department of Pediatrics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

7. Department of Pediatrics, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

8. University of Michigan Transplant Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

9. Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

10. Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

11. Division of Infectious Diseases, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

12. Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA

13. Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

14. Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

15. Division of Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

16. Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

17. Division of Infectious Diseases and Host Defense, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA

18. Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Abstract

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic continues to generate challenges for pediatric solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients and their families. As rates of COVID-19 fluctuate, new SARS-CoV-2 variants emerge, and adherence to and implementation of mitigation strategies vary from community to community, questions remain about the best and safest practices to prevent COVID-19 in vulnerable patients. Notably, decisions about returning to school remain difficult. We assembled a team of specialists in pediatric infectious diseases, transplant infectious diseases, public health, transplant psychology, and infection prevention and control to re-address concerns about school re-entry, as well as COVID-19 vaccines, for pediatric SOT recipients in the United States in 2021. Based on available literature and guidance from national organizations, we generated expert statements specific to pediatric SOT recipients focused on school attendance in 2021.

Funder

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

National Institutes of Health

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,General Medicine,Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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