Seguimiento y control telemático a personas con trasplante renal y sospecha de infección por COVID-19

Background: People with Kidney Transplantation require immunosuppressant treatments and this classifies them as a population at risk for virus and/or bacterial infections. The objective of the study was to describe the follow- up of transplanted people with suspected COVID19 infection. Methods: Desc...

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Published in:Revista española de salud pública 2021 (95)
Main Authors: Buxeda, Anna, Pedreira Robles, Guillermo, Bach Pascual, Anna, Junyent Iglesias, Ernestina, Pérez Sáez, M. José, Arias Cabrales, Carlos, Crespo Barrio, Marta, Redondo Pachón, Dolores
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Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Chronic kidney disease
Coronavirus
COVID
Enfermedad renal crónica
Immunosuppression
Inmunosupresión
Kidney transplant
Telemedicina
Telemedicine
Trasplante renal
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Summary:Background: People with Kidney Transplantation require immunosuppressant treatments and this classifies them as a population at risk for virus and/or bacterial infections. The objective of the study was to describe the follow- up of transplanted people with suspected COVID19 infection. Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional, observational study with prospective follow-up carried out between March and June 2020. Sociodemographic and clinical data were recorded for the assessment, control and followup of the cases. The results were expressed with means and standard deviation, median and interquartile range, or frequencies and percentages. The chi-square test was used to compare qualitative variables and the Student’s T test to compare quantitative variables with normal distribution. If they did not follow a normal distribution, the Mann Whitney U test was used. The level of statistical significance was established at p
ISSN:1135-5727