24 July 2020: Review Paper
Kidney Transplantation in the Times of COVID-19 – A Literature Review
Ashraf Imam ACDEF** , Sadi A. Abukhalaf ABCEF* , Riham Imam BCD , Samir Abu-Gazala AEF , Hadar Merhav ACD** , Abed Khalaileh ABCEF**DOI: 10.12659/AOT.925755
Ann Transplant 2020; 25:e925755
Table 1 Quality ratings of included studies according to NIH quality assessment tool for case series studies.
| Study | Q 1 | Q 2 | Q 3 | Q 4 | Q 5 | Q 6 | Q 7 | Q 8 | Q 9 | Reviewer 1 | Reviewer 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banerjee | Yes | No | CD | Yes | CD | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Bartiromo | Yes | Yes | NA | NA | Yes | Yes | No | NA | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Chen | Yes | Yes | CD | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | NA | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Gandolfini | Yes | Yes | CD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NA | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Guillen | Yes | Yes | NA | NA | No | Yes | No | NA | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Huang | Yes | No | CD | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | NA | No | Poor | Poor |
| Ning | Yes | Yes | NA | NA | Yes | Yes | Yes | NA | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Seminari | Yes | Yes | NA | NA | Yes | Yes | No | NA | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Wang | Yes | No | NA | NA | Yes | Yes | No | NA | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Zhang | Yes | Yes | CD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Zhu | Yes | Yes | NA | NA | Yes | Yes | No | NA | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Arpali | Yes | No | CD | NA | CD | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Billah | Yes | No | CD | NA | CD | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Fernández-Ruiz | Yes | Yes | CD | NA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Fontana | Yes | No | CD | NA | CD | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Hsu | Yes | No | CD | NA | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Johnson | Yes | Yes | NA | NA | CD | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Kates | Yes | No | CD | Yes | CD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Kim | Yes | Yes | NA | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Nair | Yes | No | CD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| Zhu | Yes | Yes | NA | Yes | CD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fair | Fair |
| NIH – National Institutes of Health; NR – not reported; CD – cannot determine; NA – not applicable. The NIH Quality Assessment Tool for Case Series Studies [] poses nine questions: 1=Was the study question or objective clearly stated?, 2=Was the study population clearly and fully described, including a case definition?, 3=Were the cases consecutive?, 4=Were the subjects comparable?, 5=Was the intervention clearly described?, 6=Were the outcome measures clearly defined, valid, reliable, and implemented consistently across all study participants?, 7=Was the length of follow-up adequate?, 8=Were the statistical methods well-described?, 9=Were the results well-described? | |||||||||||