COVID-19 and policy changes for kidney disease: the need for a 'decade of the kidney'

Raymond Vanholder^{1

2}, Norbert Lameire^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Nephrology Section, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
² President European Kidney Health Alliance, Brussels, Belgium.
³ Past-President European Kidney Health Alliance, Brussels, Belgium.

Comment

Raymond Vanholder et al. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2021.

. 2021 Jan 1;36(1):8-11.

doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa339.

Raymond Vanholder^{1

2}, Norbert Lameire^{1

3}

¹ Nephrology Section, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
² President European Kidney Health Alliance, Brussels, Belgium.
³ Past-President European Kidney Health Alliance, Brussels, Belgium.

No abstract available

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ERACODA: the European database collecting clinical information of patients on kidney replacement therapy with COVID-19.
Noordzij M, Duivenvoorden R, Pena MJ, de Vries H, Kieneker LM; collaborative ERACODA authors. Noordzij M, et al. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2020 Dec 4;35(12):2023-2025. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa179. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2020. PMID: 32785669 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Chronic kidney disease is a key risk factor for severe COVID-19: a call to action by the ERA-EDTA.
ERA-EDTA Council; ERACODA Working Group. ERA-EDTA Council, et al. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2021 Jan 1;36(1):87-94. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfaa314. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2021. PMID: 33340043 Free PMC article.

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