Cohort Study of Outpatient Hemodialysis Management Strategies for COVID-19 in North-West London.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dialysis patients are at risk of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We managed COVID-19 hemodialysis outpatients in dedicated satellite dialysis units. This provided rare opportunity to study early disease progress in community-based patients. We aimed to (i) understand COVID-19 progression, (ii) identify markers of future clinical severity, and (iii) assess associations between dialysis management strategies and COVID-19 clinical outcomes.

Methods

We conducted a cohort study of all outpatients managed at a COVID-19 hemodialysis unit. We analyzed data recorded as part of providing COVID-19 clinical care. We analyzed associations between features at diagnosis and the first 3 consecutive hemodialysis sessions in patients who required future hospital admissi

SUBMITTER: Medjeral-Thomas NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7446656 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature