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Review
. 2020 May-Jun;30(3):171-173.
doi: 10.4103/ijn.IJN_192_20. Epub 2020 May 21.

Peritoneal Dialysis Patients During COVID 19 Pandemic

Tarun Jeloka  1 , Amit Gupta  2 , Narayan Prasad  2 , Santosh Varughese  3 , Sandeep Mahajan  4 , K S Nayak  5 , Sanjay Kumar Agarwal  4 , Georgi Abraham  6 ; COVID-19 Working Group of Indian Society of Nephrology
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Peritoneal Dialysis Patients During COVID 19 Pandemic

Tarun Jeloka et al. Indian J Nephrol. 2020 May-Jun.

Abstract

COVID pandemic poses challenges to peritoneal dialysis patients, caretaker, and service provider to the PD patients as well. The chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients are trained to do the PD procedure at home, therefore can avoid in-center hospital visit unlike patients on hemodialysis. Thus, PD patients can avoid undue exposure to the novel coronavirus. The PD can be offered in COVID induced AKI patients, even in remote places where hemodialysis cannot be offered. The paper is aimed to provide guidelines about the safe use of PD and treatment of complications during the COVID pandemic.

Keywords: COVID pandemic; peritoneal dialysis; peritonitis.

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