Kidneys in SARS-CoV-2 era: A challenge of multiple faces.

Mostafa Abdelsalam Ahmed M Abd El WahabMohammed Kamal NassarEmad SamaanAhmed EldeepMohamed AbdalbaryMona TawfikMarwa SalehRasha Samir ShemiesAlaa Sabry

Published in: Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis : official peer-reviewed journal of the International Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Apheresis, the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy (2022)

The complexity of COVID-19 pandemic and kidney could be attributed to the direct effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the kidneys, different clinical presentation, difficulties confronting dialysis patients, restrictions of the organ transplant programs, poor outcomes and bad prognosis in patients with known history of kidney diseases who got infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Keyphrases

sars cov
end stage renal disease
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
patient reported