“…Intubation portended poor outcome with 40%–100% of ventilated patients dying in small cohorts 71,92 . Interestingly, according to a series of 26 pediatric SOT recipients, children did not suffer significant morbidity, with none requiring oxygen support and all recovering within 7 days, mirroring the less severe course described in immunocompetent pediatric patients 106 . Many studies have addressed risk factors for mortality with older age, 17,73,74,77,86,89,95,105 underlying cardiovascular or lung disease, 17,77,95 increased inflammatory markers 73,77,89 and lymphopenia 17,73 most commonly associated with increased mortality.…”