Open AccessManagement of peritoneal dialysis under COVID-19: The experience in Sichuan Province People’s Hospital, China
Author(s) -
Jin Chen,
Lijuan Yin,
Xiuling Chen,
Hui Gao,
Qin Zhou,
Pengli Li,
Wenshu Liu,
Hanlu Ding,
Daqing Hong,
Guisen Li,
Li Wang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
peritoneal dialysis international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.79
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1718-4304
pISSN - 0896-8608
DOI - 10.1177/0896860820935298
Subject(s) - peritoneal dialysis , medicine , pandemic , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , dialysis , economic shortage , outbreak , disease , medical emergency , emergency medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , government (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is becoming a severe challenge to China and the whole world. By now, there is no report about medical support to peritoneal dialysis (PD) patient during COVID-19 pandemic. In this essay, we summed up our safety measures on how to protect PD patients and our staffs, and our experience on how to ensure the dialysis treatment of PD patients during the pandemic period. Using of telehealth has potential to improve patient care quality. As a result, by applying all the actions and efforts above, most of patients got enough medical support. According to the patient survey, 11 patients (3.3% of the total) reduced their treatment of dialysis exchange due to the shortage of PD solution or the affection of the pandemic. None of the PD patient and staff reported COVID-19. We successfully prevented COVID-19 transmission and ensured medical safety in our PD patients during the crisis.
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