COVID-19 among Chronic Dialysis Patients after First Year of Pandemic, Argentina

oleh: Augusto Vallejos, Andrea E.M. Baldani, Micaela A. Gauto, Dalila V. Rueda, Federico M. Santoro, Graciela Abriata

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-11-01

Deskripsi

We performed a descriptive study to characterize effects from COVID-19 among chronic dialysis patients compared with the general population in Argentina during March 2020–February 2021. COVID-19 case-fatality rate of chronic dialysis patients was 10 times the national rate; the age-standardized mortality ratio was 6.8 (95% CI 6.3–7.3).