One-year impact of COVID-19 pandemic on renal replacement therapy and kidney transplantation in a tertiary center in Southern Brazil.
Pedro do Valle TeichmannMarina Oliboni MoschettaRodrigo Fontanive FrancoAlessandra Rosa VicariGérson Luiz da Silva NunesMaria Angela Kalil Nader LazzarettiMiriam Gressler GomesSilvia Maria DorigoniPaulo Roberto Dall'AgnolAdriana KlafkeFernando Saldanha ThoméFábio SpuldaroHomero AgraRafael de AlmeidaDarlan Martins LaraAndrea Carla BauerCristina KarholRoberto Ceratti ManfroPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia (2022)
In the study period, patients on RRT and KTRs presented a high incidence of COVID-19 and high COVID-19-related lethality. The impact on the patients on the transplant waiting list was less pronounced. The lethality rate observed in both cohorts seems to be related to age, comorbidities, and disease severity.