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Clinical Profile and Outcomes of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis.
Lamech, Tanuj Moses; Nithya, Govindasamy; Aiswarya, Dhanapalan; Gopalakrishnan, Natarajan; Vathsalyan, Paulpandian; Sajmi, Shaji; Goutham, Kamalakannan; Krishna, Ravindran; Dineshkumar, Thanikachalam; Sakthirajan, Ramanathan; Dhanapriya, Jeyachandran; Padmaraj, Rajendran.
  • Lamech TM; Institute of Nephrology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Nithya G; Institute of Nephrology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Aiswarya D; Institute of Nephrology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Gopalakrishnan N; Institute of Nephrology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Vathsalyan P; Institute of Nephrology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Sajmi S; Institute of Nephrology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Goutham K; Institute of Nephrology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Krishna R; Institute of Nephrology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Dineshkumar T; Institute of Nephrology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Sakthirajan R; Institute of Nephrology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Dhanapriya J; Institute of Nephrology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Padmaraj R; Institute of Nephrology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Indian J Nephrol ; 32(1): 16-21, 2022.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1662749
ABSTRACT

Introduction:

Several months into the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there remains a paucity of data on the behavior of the disease in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). Here, we describe the clinical presentations, biochemical profile, and outcomes of 183 such patients from a large tertiary-care center in South India. Materials and

Methods:

This prospective, observational study, included all patients with COVID-19 and ESKD who received at least one session of hemodialysis at our center, from the start of the outbreak to July 9, 2020. Clinical features at presentation, laboratory and radiological data, and outcomes were analyzed.

Results:

A total of 183 patients were included in the analysis. Patients who had symptoms at presentation accounted for 49.18% of the cohort, with the most common symptoms being fever (87.1%), cough (67.7%), and breathlessness (63.4%). Factors independently associated with mortality on univariate analysis included age ≥60 years, having symptoms at presentation, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio >6, C-reactive protein >20 mg/L, serum lactate dehydrogenase >250 IU/L, CT (computed tomography) Grades 3 and 4, and the need for respiratory support. However, on multivariate logistic regression analysis, the only factor that retained significance was an age >60 years.

Conclusions:

This analysis confirms the previous reports of higher COVID-19-related mortality in the dialysis population and identifies older age, higher inflammatory markers, and greater degrees of radiological lung involvement to correlate with increased mortality.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study Language: English Journal: Indian J Nephrol Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Ijn.IJN_511_20

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study Language: English Journal: Indian J Nephrol Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Ijn.IJN_511_20