1. Recovery of dialysis patients with COVID-19: health outcomes 3 months after diagnosis in ERACODA
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Hemmelder, Marc H, Noordzij, Marlies, Vart, Priya, Hilbrands, Luuk B, Jager, Kitty J, Abrahams, Alferso C, Arroyo, David, Battaglia, Yuri, Ekart, Robert, Mallamaci, Francesca, Malloney, Sharon-Rose, Oliveira, Joao, Rydzewski, Andrzej, Sridharan, Sivakumar, Vogt, Liffert, Duivenvoorden, Raphaël, Gansevoort, Ron T, Franssen, Casper FM, van der Net, Jeroen B, Essig, Marie, du Buf-Vereijken, Peggy WG, van Ginneken, Betty, Maas, Nanda, van Jaarsveld, Brigit C, Bemelman, Frederike J, Klingenberg-Salahova, Farah, Heenan-Vos, Frederiek, Vervloet, Marc G, Nurmohamed, Azam, Abramowicz, Daniel, Verhofstede, Sabine, Maoujoud, Omar, Malfait, Thomas, Fialova, Jana, Melilli, Edoardo, Favà, Alexandre, Cruzado, Josep M, Perez, Nuria Montero, Lips, Joy, Krepel, Harmen, Adilovic, Harun, Hengst, Maaike, Konings, Constantijn JAM, Braconnier, Philippe, Weis, Daniel, Gellert, Ryszard, Alferes, Daniela G, Radulescu, Daniela, Zakharova, Elena V, Ambuehl, Patrice Max, Guidotti, Rebecca, Walker, Andrea, Lepeytre, Fanny, Rabaté, Clémentine, Rostoker, Guy, Marques, Sofia, Azasevac, Tijana, Majstorovic, Gordana Strazmester, Katicic, Dajana, Dam, Marc ten, Krüger, Thilo, Brzosko, Szymon, Liakopoulos, Vassilios, Zanen, Adriaan L, Logtenberg, Susan JJ, Fricke, Lutz, Kuryata, Olexandr, Slebe, Jeroen JP, ElHafeez, Samar Abd, Kemlin, Delphine, van de Wetering, Jacqueline, Reinders, Marlies EJ, Hesselink, Dennis A, van Gestel, J Kal-, Eiselt, Jaromir, Kielberger, Lukas, El-Wakil, Hala S, Verhoeven, Martine AM, Logan, Ian, Canal, Cristina, Facundo, Carme, Ramos, Ana M, Debska-Slizien, Alicja, Veldhuizen, Nicoline MH, Tigka, Eirini, Konsta, Maria Anna Polyzou, Panagoutsos, Stylianos, Postorino, Adele, Cambareri, Francesco, Matceac, Irina, Nistor, Ionut, Covic, Adrian, Groeneveld, JHM, Jousma, Jolanda, van Buren, Marjolijn, Diekmann, Fritz, Oppenheimer, Federico, Blasco, Miquel, Pereira, Tiago Assis, and dos Santos, Augusto Cesar Soares
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Clinical Sciences ,Kidney Disease ,Patient Safety ,Clinical Research ,4.1 Discovery and preclinical testing of markers and technologies ,Detection ,screening and diagnosis ,Good Health and Well Being ,Aged ,Aged ,80 and over ,COVID-19 ,COVID-19 Testing ,Female ,Humans ,Intensive Care Units ,Male ,Middle Aged ,Outcome Assessment ,Health Care ,Renal Dialysis ,SARS-CoV-2 ,ERACODA Collaborators ,dialysis ,functional health status ,mental health status ,survival ,Urology & Nephrology ,Clinical sciences - Abstract
BackgroundCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related short-term mortality is high in dialysis patients, but longer-term outcomes are largely unknown. We therefore assessed patient recovery in a large cohort of dialysis patients 3 months after their COVID-19 diagnosis.MethodsWe analyzed data on dialysis patients diagnosed with COVID-19 from 1 February 2020 to 31 March 2021 from the European Renal Association COVID-19 Database (ERACODA). The outcomes studied were patient survival, residence and functional and mental health status (estimated by their treating physician) 3 months after COVID-19 diagnosis. Complete follow-up data were available for 854 surviving patients. Patient characteristics associated with recovery were analyzed using logistic regression.ResultsIn 2449 hemodialysis patients (mean ± SD age 67.5 ± 14.4 years, 62% male), survival probabilities at 3 months after COVID-19 diagnosis were 90% for nonhospitalized patients (n = 1087), 73% for patients admitted to the hospital but not to an intensive care unit (ICU) (n = 1165) and 40% for those admitted to an ICU (n = 197). Patient survival hardly decreased between 28 days and 3 months after COVID-19 diagnosis. At 3 months, 87% functioned at their pre-existent functional and 94% at their pre-existent mental level. Only few of the surviving patients were still admitted to the hospital (0.8-6.3%) or a nursing home (∼5%). A higher age and frailty score at presentation and ICU admission were associated with worse functional outcome.ConclusionsMortality between 28 days and 3 months after COVID-19 diagnosis was low and the majority of patients who survived COVID-19 recovered to their pre-existent functional and mental health level at 3 months after diagnosis.
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