Mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the Swiss dialysis population beyond SARS-CoV-2 infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While SARS-CoV-2 infection has direct obvious consequences on patients undergoing dialysis, the COVID-19 pandemic also had an indirect impact on health systems. Therefore, we aimed to determine whether the COVID-19 era itself was associated with adverse consequences in the Swiss dialysis population as compared to the pre-COVID-19 era, while accounting for direct impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Methods

We retrospectively included all patients recorded in the Swiss dialysis registry from January 2014 to December 2022. The pre-COVID-19 era and the COVID-19 era were defined based on the cut-off date of January 2020. Cox proportional hazard model was used with all-cause mortality as the primary outcome.

Results

The cohort consisted of 7837 patients from 97 dialy

SUBMITTER: Jaques DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11630737 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature