Abstract

Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) became a nightmare for the world since December 2019. Although the disease affects people at any age; elderly patients and those with comorbidities were more affected. Everyday nephrologists see patients with hypertension, chronic kidney disease, maintenance dialysis treatment or kidney transplant who are also high-risk groups for the COVID-19. Beyond that, COVID-19 or severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) due to infection may directly affect kidney functions. This broad spectrum of COVID-19 influence on kidney patients and kidney functions obviously necessitate an up to date management policy for nephrological care. This review overviews and purifies recently published literature in a question to answer format for the practicing nephrologists that will often encounter COVID-19 and kidney related cases during the pandemic times.

Details

Title
COVID-19: a novel menace for the practice of nephrology and how to manage it with minor devastation?
Author
Ulu, Sena 1 ; Ozkan Gungor 2 ; Ebru Gok Oguz 3 ; Hasbal, Nuri Baris 4 ; Turgut, Didem 5 ; Arici, Mustafa 6 

 Department of Nephrology, Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University School of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey 
 Department of Nephrology, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University School of Medicine, Kahramanmaras, Turkey 
 Department of Nephrology, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey 
 Department of Nephrology, Hakkari State Hospital, Merkez, Hakkari, Turkey 
 Department of Nephrology, Baskent University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey 
 Department of Nephrology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey 
Pages
710-725
Publication year
2020
Publication date
Nov 2020
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd.
ISSN
0886022X
e-ISSN
15256049
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2499233742
Copyright
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.