COVID-19 and kidney disease: insights from epidemiology to inform clinical practice.

ABSTRACT: Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous studies have aimed to address the challenges faced by patients with kidney disease and their caregivers. These studies addressed areas of concern such as the high infection and mortality risk of patients on in-centre haemodialysis and transplant recipients. However, the ability to draw meaningful conclusions from these studies has in some instances been challenging, owing to barriers in aspects of usual care, data limitations and problematic methodological practices. In many settings, access to SARS-CoV-2 testing differed substantially between patient groups, whereas the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection varied over time and place because of differences in viral prevalence, targeted public health policies and vaccination rates. The absence

SUBMITTER: Mahalingasivam V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006492 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature