Excess Mortality Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is the first sustained respiratory disease pandemic to arise since the start of solid organ transplantation (SOT). Prior studies have demonstrated that SOT recipients are at greater risk for severe complications of infection and are less likely to respond to vaccination.

Methods: The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients Standard Analysis Files was used to assess the cumulative excess mortality in SOT recipients during the first 20 mo of the pandemic.

Congenital Giant Megaureter in a 16-Year-Old Female Presenting With Abdominal Pain: A Case Report and Review of Literature.

We describe a case of congenital giant megaureter in a 16-year-old female. She presented with a 5-day history of abdominal distention, right flank pain and tenderness. Right pyelonephritis was suspected.

Estimating pediatric cases of COVID-19 over time in the United States: Filling in a gap in public use data.

Background: COVID-19 continues to disturb nearly all aspects of life, leaving us striving to reach herd immunity. Currently, only weekly standardized incidence rate data per age group are publicly available, limiting assessment of herd immunity. Here, we estimate the time-series case counts of COVID-19 among age groups currently ineligible for vaccination in the USA.

Head and Neck Cancer Survival Disparities by Race and Rural-Urban Context.

Background: This study aims to examine the relationship between race and rural-urban context in head and neck cancer (HNC) survival and determine factors that potentially drive this disparity.

Methods: Using the National Cancer Database from 2004 to 2015, we identified a retrospective cohort of 146,256 patients with HNC. Kaplan-Meier survival curves and the Cox proportional hazards regression were used to calculate adjusted HRs.