Predictors of Mortality in Hemodialyzed Patients after SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

ABSTRACT: The determinants of COVID-19 mortality are well-characterized in the general population. Less numerous and inconsistent data are among the maintenance hemodialysis (HD) patients, who are the population most at risk of an unfavorable prognosis. In this retrospective cohort study we included all adult HD patients from the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection hospitalized between 6 October 2020 and 28 February 2021, both those who survived, and also those who died. Demographic, clinical, treatment, and laboratory data on admission, were extracted from the electronic medical records of the dedicated hospital and patients' dialysis unit, and compared between survivors and non-survivors. We used univariable and multivariable logistic regression methods t

SUBMITTER: Tylicki L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8778392 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature