Peritoneal dialysis patients during COVID 19 pandemic

• Main Authors: Tarun Jeloka, Amit Gupta, Narayan Prasad, Santosh Varughese, Sandeep Mahajan, K S Nayak, Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Georgi Abraham, On behalf of COVID-19 Working Group of Indian Society of Nephrology
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Nephrology
• Subjects: covid pandemic; peritoneal dialysis; peritonitis
• Online Access: http://www.indianjnephrol.org/article.asp?issn=0971-4065;year=2020;volume=30;issue=3;spage=171;epage=173;aulast=Jeloka

COVID pandemic poses challenges to peritoneal dialysis patients, caretaker, and service provider to the PD patients as well. The chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients are trained to do the PD procedure at home, therefore can avoid in-center hospital visit unlike patients on hemodialysis. Thus, PD patients can avoid undue exposure to the novel coronavirus. The PD can be offered in COVID induced AKI patients, even in remote places where hemodialysis cannot be offered. The paper is aimed to provide guidelines about the safe use of PD and treatment of complications during the COVID pandemic.