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The Characteristics, Dynamics, and the Risk of Death in COVID-19 Positive Dialysis Patients in London, UK.

Dalvir KularIrina Chis SterAlexander SarnowskiEirini LioudakiDandisonba C B Braide-AzikiweMartin L FordDavid MakanjuolaAlexandra RankinHugh CairnsJoyce PopoolaNicholas ColeMysore PhanishRichard HullPauline A SwiftDebasish Banerjee
Published in: Kidney360 (2020)
This report discusses the outcomes of a large cohort of patients on dialysis. We found SARS-CoV-2 infection affected more patients with diabetes and those who were non-White, with a high case-fatality ratio, which increased significantly with age, frailty, smoking, increasing CRP, and neutrophil:lymphocyte ratio at presentation.
Keyphrases
  • end stage renal disease
  • chronic kidney disease
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • coronavirus disease
  • metabolic syndrome
  • adipose tissue
  • skeletal muscle
  • smoking cessation
  • peripheral blood