COVID-19-related mortality in kidney transplant and haemodialysis patients: a comparative, prospective registry-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has exposed haemodialysis (HD) patients and kidney transplant (KT) recipients to an unprecedented life-threatening infectious disease, raising concerns about kidney replacement therapy (KRT) strategy during the pandemic. This study investigated the association of the type of KRT with COVID-19 severity, adjusting for differences in individual characteristics.

Methods

Data on KT recipients and HD patients diagnosed with COVID-19 between 1 February 2020 and 1 December 2020 were retrieved from the European Renal Association COVID-19 Database. Cox regression models adjusted for age, sex, frailty and comorbidities were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) for 28-day mortality risk in all patients and in the subsets that were tested be

SUBMITTER: Goffin E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8394823 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature