Management of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) coronavirus epidemic in hemodialysis units()

The current outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 represents a special risk for renal patients due to their comorbidities and advanced age. The usual performance of hemodialysis treatment s in collective rooms increases the risk. The specific information at this time in this regard is very limited. This manuscript...

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Autores principales: Arenas, María Dolores, Villar, Judit, González, Cristina, Cao, Higinio, Collado, Silvia, Crespo, Marta, Horcajada, Juan Pablo, Pascual, Julio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. on behalf of Sociedad Española de Nefrología. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7158839/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nefroe.2020.04.001
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Sumario:The current outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 represents a special risk for renal patients due to their comorbidities and advanced age. The usual performance of hemodialysis treatment s in collective rooms increases the risk. The specific information at this time in this regard is very limited. This manuscript includes a proposal for action to prevent infection in the Nephrology Services, and in particular in hemodialysis units, with the objective of early identification of patients who meet the definition of a suspected case of infection by SARS-CoV-2 and propose circuits and mechanisms to carry out hemodialysis treatments. They are recommendations in continuous review and can be modified if the epidemiological situation, the diagnostic and therapeutic options so require.

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