433620login-checkCOVID-19 and kidney disease: insights from epidemiology to inform clinical practice |
Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous studies have aimed to address the challenges faced by patients with kidney disease and their caregivers. These studies addressed areas of concern such as the high infection and mortality risk of patients on in-centre haemodialysis and transplant recipients. However, the ability to draw meaningful conclusions from these studies has in some instances been challenging, owing to barriers in aspects of usual care, data limitations and problematic methodological practices.
Read more in Nature here.
433620login-checkCOVID-19 and kidney disease: insights from epidemiology to inform clinical practice |
A long insightful analysis of scientific bias that should make transplant recipients grateful for many things. Chiefly thankful for the quality of care around immune-impaired patients. As a transplant patient, the article highlights the need for vigilance in avoiding Covid-19 infection and potential vectors of same. My dialysis friend has endured far higher risk than I have.