Important study published in @KIReports. The 1st report from the developing world 🇮🇳 looking at the outcome of dialysis in #COVID19 positive patients. 
▶️Majority of patients were male and older and had been on dialysis for some time.
▶️And presented with symptoms necessitating a #COVID19 test.
▶️A good 30% were referred because their home unit didn't have facilities to dialyse Covid+ve patients.
▶️And presented with symptoms necessitating a #COVID19 test.
▶️A good 30% were referred because their home unit didn't have facilities to dialyse Covid+ve patients.
▶️ The prevalence of #Covid19 was 20% higher in dialysis pts than the general population for the same time period
▶️ Close to a quarter of Covid+ve dialysis pts died
▶️ The usual suspect co-morbidities predicted worse outcomes; diabetes,HTN, Older age, longer dialysis vintage
▶️ Close to a quarter of Covid+ve dialysis pts died
▶️ The usual suspect co-morbidities predicted worse outcomes; diabetes,HTN, Older age, longer dialysis vintage
While I suspect these numbers should be true everywhere else it would be interesting to get other perspectives @didemturgut_ @mhtwenge @Gawad_Nephro @AfricanAFRAN @acssjr @perinola21 @DTomacruzMD What's ur experience? Are your patients getting vaccinated? #ISNyoung
This is an important paper because it underlines how at risk dialysis patients are. They must be encouraged to get vaccinated and the Indian govt @PMOIndia @MoHFW_INDIA should remove the age restriction for vaccination in this population at the earliest. kireports.org/article/S2468-…
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