COVID-19 and the Kidney
A special issue of Kidney and Dialysis (ISSN 2673-8236).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 4323
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nephrology; chronic kidney disease; dialysis
Interests: chronic kidney disease; nutrition in CKD; diabetic nephropathy; aging; dialysis; pregnancy and CKD
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
SARS-CoV-2 has been ravaging the world for almost two years now. The epidemic has had a profound impact on the general population, but our chronic kidney disease, dialysis and kidney transplant patients have been facing an even greater share of the risk. The pandemic has posed new challenges to nephrologists: from virus-associated electrolyte disorders in intensive care units (ICUs) to the management of older patients with COVID-19 end-stage renal disease, refused by ICUs, in dialysis wards; new COVID-19-related kidney diseases have been discovered, and transplant programs have experienced an unprecedented slowdown. Furthermore, COVID-19-related acute kidney injury has been observed in up to 45% of ICU patients, with specific features and pathogenic mechanisms, contributing to the high mortality of the infection.
Moreover, the availability of vaccines has revealed the low response rate of immunodepressed patients and the lability of the immune response in the general population as well as in dialysis and transplant patients; as a result, the best vaccination schedule is still a matter of debate. Finally, the long-term renal consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection are still unknown.
Protecting and taking care of our fragile patients has been our priority. During these busy months, our clinical and research work has never stopped; however, most of us did not have enough time to share our experiences and observations with the scientific community.
Kidney and Dialysis is a new and dynamic journal which aims to become a reference in the nephrology field. We would like to encourage you to share your experience concerning all aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic in CKD, dialysis and kidney transplant patients, and to submit your data to this Special Issue.
Dr. Giuliano Brunori
Dr. Massimo Torreggiani
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- SARS-CoV-2
- chronic kidney disease
- dialysis
- kidney transplant
- intensive care units
- ICUs
- COVID-19
- vaccines
- renal consequences
- nephrology
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