Open AccessKidney involvement in COVID-19 and potential treatment opportunities
Author(s) -
Suny S Modi,
Bosky N Modi,
Feral Daruwala,
Gaurang Gheewala
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of preventive medicine and holistic health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2454-6712
pISSN - 2454-6704
DOI - 10.18231/j.jpmhh.2021.004
Subject(s) - intensive care medicine , covid-19 , kidney disease , medicine , dialysis , kidney , coronavirus , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
Connection between direct kidney involvement and novel CoronaVirus Disease (COVID-19) has been less evident until now. In today’s critical scenario of COVID-19, as healthcare professionals, our prime responsibility is to create awareness in clinician and general public as to mysterious facts of kidney involvement in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Further, we have shed light on the clinical management of patients with chronic kidney disorders, particularly those on dialysis and having kidney transplants who are critically ill with COVID-19. Based upon our comprehensive literature review, we concluded that kidney involvement is an independent risk factor for mortality in patients with COVID-19 infection. This paper will assuredly be helpful for the new generation nephrologists to deal with such a disastrous situation.