Risk factors for the mortality of hemodialysis patients with COVID-19: A multicenter study from the overall hemodialysis population in Wuhan

CONCLUSIONS: Maintenance hemodialysis patients are a highly vulnerable population at increased risk of mortality and prolonged virus shedding period in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Advanced age, decreased oxygen saturation, low DBP on admission, and complications like acute cardiac injury are parameters independently associated with poor prognosis.PMID:34137080 | DOI:10.1111/sdi.12995

Source: Seminars in Dialysis - June 17, 2021 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Hui Tang Can Tu Fei Xiong Xin Sun Jian-Bo Tian Jun-Wu Dong Xiao-Hui Wang Chun-Tao Lei Jing Liu Zheng Zhao Yang Qiu Xiao-Ping Miao Chun Zhang Source Type: research