The frail world of haemodialysis patients in the COVID-19 pandemic era: a systematic scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients undergoing in-centre haemodialysis (HD) are particularly exposed to the dire consequences of COVID-19. The present systematic scoping review aims to identify the extent, range, and nature of articles related to COVID-19 and maintenance HD: it reports specifically the prevalence of the COVID-19 pandemic in the HD population, implementation of strategies for the prevention, mitigation and containment of the COVID-19 pandemic in HD centres, demographic and clinical characteristics, and outcomes of the pediatric and adult HD patients.

Methods

A multi-step systematic search of the literature in Pubmed, Scopus, Ovid Medline, Embase and Web of Science, published between December 1, 2019, and January 30, 2021 was performed. Two authors separately screened the tit

SUBMITTER: Alfano G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8379591 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature