Recommendations for prevention and management of COVID-19 in peritoneal dialysis patients

The World Health Organization characterized coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Peritoneal dialysis patients have a weakened immune system that is associated with a high morbidity of infection. Thus, COVID-19 prevention measures and management for patients on peritoneal d...

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Autores principales: Lai, Xue-Li, Wang, Hai-Yan, Guo, Zhi-Yong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Chinese Medical Association 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7198185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32373392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cdtm.2020.04.003
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author Lai, Xue-Li
Wang, Hai-Yan
Guo, Zhi-Yong
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description The World Health Organization characterized coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Peritoneal dialysis patients have a weakened immune system that is associated with a high morbidity of infection. Thus, COVID-19 prevention measures and management for patients on peritoneal dialysis are urgent and critical. Based on published research on COVID-19 and previous clinical practices for similar coronavirus outbreaks, we aimed to make recommendations to manage patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis.
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spelling pubmed-71981852020-05-05 Recommendations for prevention and management of COVID-19 in peritoneal dialysis patients Lai, Xue-Li Wang, Hai-Yan Guo, Zhi-Yong Chronic Dis Transl Med Recommendation and Consensus The World Health Organization characterized coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Peritoneal dialysis patients have a weakened immune system that is associated with a high morbidity of infection. Thus, COVID-19 prevention measures and management for patients on peritoneal dialysis are urgent and critical. Based on published research on COVID-19 and previous clinical practices for similar coronavirus outbreaks, we aimed to make recommendations to manage patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. Chinese Medical Association 2020-05-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7198185/ /pubmed/32373392 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cdtm.2020.04.003 Text en © 2020 Chinese Medical Association. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Recommendation and Consensus
Lai, Xue-Li
Wang, Hai-Yan
Guo, Zhi-Yong
Recommendations for prevention and management of COVID-19 in peritoneal dialysis patients
title Recommendations for prevention and management of COVID-19 in peritoneal dialysis patients
title_full Recommendations for prevention and management of COVID-19 in peritoneal dialysis patients
title_fullStr Recommendations for prevention and management of COVID-19 in peritoneal dialysis patients
title_full_unstemmed Recommendations for prevention and management of COVID-19 in peritoneal dialysis patients
title_short Recommendations for prevention and management of COVID-19 in peritoneal dialysis patients
title_sort recommendations for prevention and management of covid-19 in peritoneal dialysis patients
topic Recommendation and Consensus
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7198185/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32373392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cdtm.2020.04.003
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