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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Chin Med Assoc
. 2020 May 18.
doi: 10.1097/JCMA.0000000000000356. Online ahead of print.
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Management of End-Stage Renal Disease Patients
Szu-Yuan Li, Yu-Shuo Tang, Yu-Jiun Chan, Der-Cherng Tarng
Abstract
A novel infectious disease, Coronavirus disease -2019 (COVID-19), spread globally since Dec. 2019. Without effective treatment and vaccination, the strategies to restrain this disease is only keeping social distance, maintaining personal hygiene, quarantine and isolation. However, thrice-a-week treatment is inevitable for all hemodialysis patients. In addition to the high risk of cluster infection and compromised immunity in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), an atypical disease presentation could also make the medial system neglect these patients during CVOID-19 pandemic. To avoid COVID-19 transmission among dialysis patients, the major societies of nephrology around the world have provided their guidelines of screening, dialysis facilities adjustment, and health education, respectively. In this review, we summarized the main contents and difference of these guidelines and addressed the prompt management for ESRD patients to reduce the risk of infection during COVID-19 pandemic.
. 2020 May 18.
doi: 10.1097/JCMA.0000000000000356. Online ahead of print.
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Management of End-Stage Renal Disease Patients
Szu-Yuan Li, Yu-Shuo Tang, Yu-Jiun Chan, Der-Cherng Tarng
- PMID: 32433343
- DOI: 10.1097/JCMA.0000000000000356
Abstract
A novel infectious disease, Coronavirus disease -2019 (COVID-19), spread globally since Dec. 2019. Without effective treatment and vaccination, the strategies to restrain this disease is only keeping social distance, maintaining personal hygiene, quarantine and isolation. However, thrice-a-week treatment is inevitable for all hemodialysis patients. In addition to the high risk of cluster infection and compromised immunity in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), an atypical disease presentation could also make the medial system neglect these patients during CVOID-19 pandemic. To avoid COVID-19 transmission among dialysis patients, the major societies of nephrology around the world have provided their guidelines of screening, dialysis facilities adjustment, and health education, respectively. In this review, we summarized the main contents and difference of these guidelines and addressed the prompt management for ESRD patients to reduce the risk of infection during COVID-19 pandemic.