💥COVID-19 in Dialysis Patients
@ASNKidney #KidneyWk #COVID19
⚡️Limiting Spread of Infection in the HD unit by @KidneySW
Some key pearls 💎
⚡️The 1st patient to die due to COVID-19 in the United States was a Hemodialysis patient (died on 28th Feb, 2020)
@ASNKidney #KidneyWk #COVID19
⚡️Limiting Spread of Infection in the HD unit by @KidneySW
Some key pearls 💎
⚡️The 1st patient to die due to COVID-19 in the United States was a Hemodialysis patient (died on 28th Feb, 2020)
⚡️How contagious is SARS-CoV-2 virus?
⚡️More contagious than Influenza but less contagious than Measles
⚡️Each SARS-CoV-2 positive person can infect 3 more people👇🏽
⚡️More contagious than Influenza but less contagious than Measles
⚡️Each SARS-CoV-2 positive person can infect 3 more people👇🏽
⚡️ESKD patients are 5x more likely to have COVID-19 than other Medicare beneficiaries
⚡️ESKD patients are 8x more likely to be hospitalized due to COVID-19 than other Medicare beneficiaries👇🏽
⚡️ESKD patients are 8x more likely to be hospitalized due to COVID-19 than other Medicare beneficiaries👇🏽
💥Based on a physician survey of over 5000 physicians, the Top US Specialties treating COVID-19 patients: Nephrologists ranked No: 2!
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💥Three Guiding Principles for treatment of ESKD patients in a Hemodialysis Unit
💥Great quote by Mark Twain
“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.”
We all have to live by this principle during this pandemic when each day poses a new challenge
“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.”
We all have to live by this principle during this pandemic when each day poses a new challenge
💥”Whoever said one person can’t change the world never ate an undercooked bat”
#COVID19 #KidneyWk @ASNKidney
#COVID19 #KidneyWk @ASNKidney
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