Managing the COVID-19 pandemic: international comparisons in dialysis patients

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Electronic address: Alan.Kliger@ynhh.org.
² Renal Division, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy; Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
³ George Institute for Global Health India, University of New South Wales, New Delhi, India; Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
⁴ American Society of Nephrology, Washington, DC, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Editorial

Alan S Kliger et al. Kidney Int. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;98(1):12-16.

doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.04.007. Epub 2020 Apr 14.

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Electronic address: Alan.Kliger@ynhh.org.
² Renal Division, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy; Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
³ George Institute for Global Health India, University of New South Wales, New Delhi, India; Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
⁴ American Society of Nephrology, Washington, DC, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; dialysis; guidelines; hemodialysis.

Comment on

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