Restructuring nephrology services to combat COVID-19 pandemic: Report from a Middle Eastern country

Coronavirus disease 2019 has spread across the world and has been classified as a pandemic. It has overwhelmed the healthcare systems. Specifically, it has overstretched the intensive care units and renal replacement therapy services in many countries. In this paper, we discuss the reconfiguration o...

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Autores principales: Asim, Muhammad, Alkadi, Mohamad, Hamad, Abdullah, Othman, Muftah, Abuhelaiqa, Essa, Fituri, Omar, El-Madhoun, Ihab, Al-Malki, Hassan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2020
Materias:
Opinion Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7701933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33312898
http://dx.doi.org/10.5527/wjn.v9.i2.9
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Sumario:Coronavirus disease 2019 has spread across the world and has been classified as a pandemic. It has overwhelmed the healthcare systems. Specifically, it has overstretched the intensive care units and renal replacement therapy services in many countries. In this paper, we discuss the reconfiguration of nephrology services in the State of Qatar during the current pandemic. We highlight the key strategies that have been implemented to ensure that renal replacement therapy capacity is not constrained in either the intensive care or ambulatory setting. Some innovative approaches for the safe delivery of ambulatory care to dialysis and kidney transplant patients are also discussed.

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