COVID-19 infection in Libyan chronic hemodialysis patients: Prevalence, risk factors, severity and predictors of mortality
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COVID-19, hemodialysis, prevalence, outcome, LibyaAbstract
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with the increased risk of both outpatient and inpatient pneumonia. This association is independent of comorbid diabetes, cardio-vascular disease (CVD), asthma, and chronic obstructive airway disease. Dialysis patients are considered at risk groups for SARS-CoV-2 infection; Short-term mortality in patients on chronic hemodialysis who were hospitalized with COVID-19 was high. Outcomes in those requiring intensive care unit (ICU) and mechanical ventilation management were poor. Aim: This study mainly aimed to identify the prevalence, risk factors, severity and predictors of mortality in Libyan hemodialysis patients infected with COVID- 19. Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, data of CKD patients on maintenance hemodialysis diagnosed with COVID-19 infection from two large dialysis centers in Libya were collected and analyzed using SPSS version 22 for .demographic, clinical and laboratory profiles. Results: The data of 810 patients from two hemodialysis centers in Libya showed infection rate was 10.2 %, and the overall mortality was 26.5% (39/83) 47% of patients needed admission to ICU for supportive mechanical ventilation (SPO2 ranged from 76-92%). The biochemical and laboratory data showed a decreased mean absolute lymphocyte counts. A high neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and a mild decrease in platelet counts. C-reactive protein (CRP), fibrinogen, ferritin, and D-dimer were also high at admission. (22/83, 26.5%) of total patients, and (17/39) 43.6% of ICU patients died in less than 28 days after COVID-19 diagnosis. Conclusions: In CKD patients on maintenance hemodialysis diagnosed with COVID-19 infection; severity of disease at presentation, need for invasive supportive mechanical ventilation, older age, raised serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, and lower level of albumin may have been valuable predictors of mortality and poor outcomes.
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