OUTCOMES OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS IN COVID 19 PATIENTS AT TERTIARY CARE CENTRE
Dr. Devidas Bantewad* and Dr. Manjusha Yadla
ABSTRACT
The COVID 19 pandemic resulted in extraordinary increase in the number of patients requiring renal replacement therapy. The kidneys are not typically the main target of SARS-CoV-2, but surprisingly, acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in 4-23% of cases. The global healthcare system has been severely impacted due to rapidly increasing number of patients and need of RRT. This creates opportunity to use peritoneal dialysis (PD) for renal dysfunction requiring need of RRT in pandemic situation.
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