High dependency renal unit for the management of COVID-19 in patients with severe acute or chronic kidney disease.

ABSTRACT: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients with severe impairment of kidney function is associated with high mortality. We evaluated the effect of high dependency renal unit (HDRU), with nephrologists as primary care physicians, as a quality improvement initiative for the management of these patients. This was a quasi-experimental observational study conducted at a tertiary care hospital in western India. Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 with pre-existing end-stage-renal-disease and those with severe AKI requiring dialysis (AKI-D) were included. For the first 2 months, these patients were cared for in medical wards designated for COVID-19, after which HDRU was set up for their management. With nephrologists as primary care providers, the 4 key components of care in HDRU included: ca

SUBMITTER: Thakare S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9439625 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature