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Title: COVID-19 in pediatric nephrology centers in Turkey
Authors: Leventoğlu E.
Atikel Y.Ö.
Nalçacioğlu H.
Dursun I.
Dursun H.
Yildirim Z.Y.
Yildiz N.
Kaya Aksoy, Gulsah
Tasdemir, Mehmet
Celakil, Mehtap
Demircioglu Kilic, Beltinge
Zirhli Selcuk, Sena
Canpolat, Nur
Kargin Cakici, Evrim
Ozlu, Sare Gulfem
Tulpar, Sebahat
Yuksel, Selcuk
Atmis, Bahriye
Surmeli Doven, Serra
Taner, Sevgin
Ertan, Pelin
Kavaz, Asli
Torun Bayram, Meral
Kalyoncu, Mukaddes
Gulleroglu, Kaan
Kabasakal, Caner
Kasap Demir, Belde
Cicek, Rumeysa Yasemin
Bilge, Ilmay
Donmez, Osman
Kara, Aslihan
Yavascan, Onder
Ozcelik, Gul
Gezgin Yildirim, Deniz
Guler, Muhammet Akif
Sonmez, Ferah
Poyrazoglu, Hakan
Akman, Sema
Topaloglu, Rezan
Alpay, Harika
Bakkaloglu, Sevcan A
Keywords: Children
COVID-19
kidney
pediatric nephrology
Turkey
Publisher: Turkiye Klinikleri
Abstract: Background/aim: There is limited data on COVID-19 disease in children with kidney disease. We aimed to investigate the characteristics and prognosis of COVID-19 in pediatric nephrology patients in Turkey. Materials and methods: This was a national, multicenter, retrospective cohort study based on an online survey evaluating the data between 11th March 2020 and 11th March 2021 as an initial step of a detailed pediatric nephrology COVID-19 registry. Results: Two hundred and three patients (89 girls and 114 boys) were diagnosed with COVID-19. One-third of these patients (36.9%) were between 10–15 years old. Half of the patients were on kidney replacement therapy: kidney transplant (KTx) recipients (n = 56, 27.5%), patients receiving chronic hemodialysis (n = 33, 16.3%) and those on peritoneal dialysis (PD) (n = 18, 8.9%). Fifty-four (26.6%) children were asymptomatic. Eighty-two (40.3%) patients were hospitalized and 23 (28%) needed intensive care unit admission. Fifty-five percent of the patients were not treated, while the remaining was given favipiravir (20.7%), steroid (16.3%), and hydroxychloroquine (11.3%). Acute kidney injury developed in 19.5% of hospitalized patients. Five (2.4%) had MIS-C. Eighty-three percent of the patients were discharged without any apparent sequelae, while 7 (3.4%) died. One hundred and eight health care staff were infected during the study period. Conclusion: COVID-19 was most commonly seen in patients who underwent KTx and received HD. The combined immunosuppressive therapy and frequent exposure to the hospital setting may increase these patients’ susceptibility. Staff infections before vaccination era were alarming, various precautions should be taken for infection control, particularly optimal vaccination coverage. © TÜBİTAK.
URI: https://doi.org/10.55730/1300-0144.5521
https://hdl.handle.net/11499/47874
ISSN: 1300-0144
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