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Revista de investigación clínica
versión On-line ISSN 2564-8896versión impresa ISSN 0034-8376
Resumen
VEGA-VEGA, Olynka et al. Importance of Confirmatory Tests for Sars-Cov-2 Infection in Hemodialysis Patients: A Multicenter Mexican Registry. Rev. invest. clín. [online]. 2023, vol.75, n.2, pp.47-52. Epub 18-Sep-2023. ISSN 2564-8896. https://doi.org/10.24875/ric.23000002.
Background:
Since the beginning of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, patients with chronic kidney disease vulnerable to suffering more severe COVID-19 disease and worse outcomes have been identified
Objectives:
Our study's aim was to determine the incidence, characteristics, and outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients of hemodialysis (HD) units in Mexico and to describe the availability of confirmatory testing
Methods:
This study was multicentric study of 19 HD units, conducted between March 2020 and March 2021
Results:
From a total of 5779 patients, 955 (16.5%) cases of suspicious COVID-19 were detected; a SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction test was done in only 50.6% of patients. Forty-five percentages were hospitalized and 6% required invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). There was no significant difference in mortality between confirmed (131/483) and suspicious (124/472) cases (p = 0.74). The percentage of patients in need of hospitalization, IMV, and deceased was greater than in the rest of the study population
Conclusions:
The study revealed that 49.4% of the cases were not confirmed, a worrisome observation given that this is a highly vulnerable population (higher probability of contagion and worse outcomes), in which 100% of patients should have a confirmatory test
Palabras llave : Chronic kidney disease; Hemodialysis units; COVID-19.