Safely reducing haemodialysis frequency during the COVID-19 pandemic

Safely reducing haemodialysis frequency during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract Background Patients undergoing haemodialysis (HD) are at higher risk of developing worse outcomes if they contract COVID-19. In our renal service we reduced HD frequency from thrice to twice-weekly in selected patients with the primary aim of reducing COVID 19 exposure and transmission betw...

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Main Authors: Michelle Da Silva Lodge, Thilini Abeygunaratne, Helen Alderson, Ibrahim Ali, Nina Brown, Constantina Chrysochou, Rosie Donne, Ibi Erekosima, Philip Evans, Emma Flanagan, Simon Gray, Darren Green, Janet Hegarty, Audrey Hyde, Philip A. Kalra, Elizabeth Lamerton, David Lewis, Rachel Middleton, David New, Robert Nipah, Donal O’Donoghue, Edmond O’Riordan, Dimitrios Poulikakos, Francesco Rainone, Maharajan Raman, James Ritchie, Smeeta Sinha, Grahame Wood, J. Tollitt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
COVID-19
Haemodialysis
Coronavirus
Mortality
Twice weekly
SARS-CoV-2
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-020-02172-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-020-02172-2

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