Impact of different COVID-19 waves on kidney replacement therapy epidemiology and mortality: REMER 2020.
Sol CarriazoManuel I Aparicio-MadreFernando Tornero-MolinaMilagros Fernández-LucasVicente Paraiso-CuevasEmilio González-ParraFrancisco Del Río-GallegosMaría Marques-VidasRoberto Alcázar-ArroyoJudith MartinsRafael Sánchez-VillanuevaBeatriz Gil-CasaresEduardo Gutiérrez-MartínezMaría Pilar Martínez-RubioAlberto Ortiz Arduannull nullPublished in: Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association (2022)
COVID-19 negatively impacted the incidence and prevalence of KRT, but the increase in KRT deaths was localized to the first wave of the pandemic. The increased annual mortality argues against COVID-19 accelerating the death of patients with short life expectancy and the temporal pattern of COVID-19 mortality suggests that appropriate healthcare may improve outcomes.