Open AccessHOME DIALYSIS DURING COVID-19 OUTBREAK– IT IS WORTH TO CONSIDER
Author(s) -
Paweł Żebrowski,
Jacek Zawierucha,
Wojciech Marcinkowski,
Tomasz Prystacki,
Inga Chomicka,
Jolanta Małyszko
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
wiadomości lekarskie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.133
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2719-342X
pISSN - 0043-5147
DOI - 10.36740/wlek202010141
Subject(s) - medicine , peritoneal dialysis , renal replacement therapy , intensive care medicine , hemodialysis , dialysis , isolation (microbiology) , home hemodialysis , pandemic , epidemiology , covid-19 , telemedicine , medical emergency , health care , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , bioinformatics , economics , biology , economic growth
The epidemic with the new SARS-CoV-2 virus poses a serious threat to patients treated with renal replacement therapy. Besides clinical risk factors (such as numerouscomorbidities, immune disorders), dialysis patients are additionally exposed to the virus through regular stays for several hours in a dialysis center and ambulance journeys. In such an epidemiological situation, it seems that peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis are good alternatives for treatment. Currently available telemedicine and medical technologies allow for effective renal replacement therapy also outside dialysis centers. Thanks to this, it is possible to limit the stay of patients in a medical facility to clinically justified situations. For this reason, increasing the number of patients treated with peritoneal dialysis, which is carried out at home and without contact with medical personnel, seems to be a good solution. Enabling patients to undergo home hemodialysis treatment, nowadays unavailable in Poland and establishing it as a guaranteed benefit in the health care system will enable renal replacement therapy to be adapted to the clinical condition and the need for isolation.