Background and Objectives: Chronic hemodialysis (CHD) patients are at increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the related complications and mortality of COVID-19 due to the high rate of comorbidities combined with advanced age. This observational study investigated the clinical manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 infection in CHD and the risk factors for patients′ death. Materials and Methods: The study included 26 CHD patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia detected by positive RT-PCR on nasopharyngeal swabs and high-resolution computed tomography at hospital admission, aged 71 + 5.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOliguric acute kidney injury due to traumatic rhabdomyolysis can be potentially lethal if the proper medical therapy combined with extracorporeal detoxification is not performed. Different extracorporeal techniques are available to overcome this syndrome. Here, we report the first case of removal of myoglobin and successful recovery from acute kidney injury in an elderly septic patient using supra-hemodiafiltration with endogenous reinfusion technique (HFR-Supra) combined with the medical therapy.
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