A multicenter study of severity and prognosis of symptomatic COVID-19 in end-stage renal disease and non-dialysis patients in East of Iran.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the severity and related factors of symptomatic COVID-19 in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients from several centers in Eastern Iran.

Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, after obtaining ethical approval, 410 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 were included for analysis. Patients were categorized into two groups based on their dialysis status: the dialysis group (ESRD patients undergoing hemodialysis) and the non-dialysis group (those without chronic dialysis).