COVID-19 in haemodialysis patients : result analysis of the first year of the pandemic

BACKGROUND: Present concepts of the novel coronavirus infection prognosis in haemodialysis (HD) patients are rather controversial. There is little information on therapy efficiency and safety in such patients. We studied COVID-19 course specifics, prognostic factors associated with fatal outcomes, therapy efficiency and its transformation at different stages of the pandemic first year.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Single-centre retrospective uncontrolled study included 653 COVID-19 HD-patients treated at Moscow City Nephrology Centre from April 1 to December 31, 2020.

RESULTS: This period mortality rate was 21.0%. Independent predictors of COVID-19 unfavourable outcome in HD patients were pulmonary lesion extension (CT grades 34), high comorbidity index, and mechanical ventilation. Approaches to COVID-19 treatment modified significantly at different periods. Immunomodulatory drugs (monoclonal antibodies to IL-6, corticosteroids) were used largely at later stages. With tocilizumab administration, mortality was 15.1%, tocilizumab together with dexamethasone 13.3%; without them 37.8% (р0,001). Tocilizumab administration in the first 3 days after hospitalization of patients with CT grades 12 was associated with more favourable outcomes: 1 out of 29 died vs 6 out of 20 (tocilizumab administered at later periods); p0.04. There was no significant difference in death frequency in patients with CT grades 34 depending on tocilizumab administration time.

CONCLUSION: COVID-19 in HD patients can manifest in a severe course with unfavourable outcome. It is urgent to identify reliable disease outcome predictors and develop efficient treatment in this population.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:93

Enthalten in:

Terapevticheskii arkhiv - 93(2021), 11 vom: 15. Nov., Seite 1325-1333

Sprache:

Russisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zubkin, M L [VerfasserIn]
Frolova, N F [VerfasserIn]
Kim, I G [VerfasserIn]
Ushakova, A I [VerfasserIn]
Usatiuk, S S [VerfasserIn]
Iskhakov, R T [VerfasserIn]
Diakova, E N [VerfasserIn]
Chervinko, V I [VerfasserIn]
Volodina, E V [VerfasserIn]
Tomilina, N A [VerfasserIn]
Kryukov, E V [VerfasserIn]

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7S5I7G3JQL
Antibodies, Monoclonal
COVID-19
Chronic kidney disease
Dexamethasone
English Abstract
Haemodialysis
Immunomodulators
Interleukin-6
Journal Article

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Date Completed 28.10.2022

Date Revised 28.10.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.26442/00403660.2021.11.201215

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34801161X