Mortality and associated risk factors of COVID-19 infection in dialysis patients in Qatar: A nationwide cohort study.

Tarek Abdel Latif GhonimiMohamad Mahmood AlkadEssa Abdulla AbuhelaiqaMuftah M OthmanMusab Ahmed ElgaaliRania Abdelaziz M IbrahimShajahan M JosephHassan Ali Al-MalkiAbdullah Ibrahim Hamad

Published in: PloS one (2021)

This is the first study to be conducted at a national level in Qatar exploring COVID-19 in a dialysis population. Dialysis patients had a high incidence of COVID-19 infection and related mortality compared to previous reports of the general population in the state of Qatar (7.1% versus 4% and 15% versus 0.15% respectively). We also observed a strong association between death related to COVID-19 infection in dialysis patients and admission to ICU.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
intensive care unit
cardiovascular disease
risk factors
patient reported outcomes
cardiovascular events