CKD is a key risk factor for COVID-19 mortality

RT Gansevoort, LB Hilbrands - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2020 - nature.com
A new study uses the OpenSAFELY health analytics platform to identify risk factors for
COVID-19 mortality. This analysis, which includes data for more than 17 million people in …

COVID-19-related mortality in kidney transplant and haemodialysis patients: a comparative, prospective registry-based study

E Goffin, A Candellier, P Vart, M Noordzij… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has exposed haemodialysis
(HD) patients and kidney transplant (KT) recipients to an unprecedented life-threatening …

COVID-19 and cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease

L Del Vecchio, O Balafa, E Dounousi… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Millions of people worldwide have chronic kidney disease (CKD). Affected patients are at
high risk for cardiovascular (CV) disease for several reasons. Among various comorbidities …

Bioinformatics, computational informatics, and modeling approaches to the design of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidates

OO Oluwagbemi, EK Oladipo, OM Kolawole, JK Oloke… - Computation, 2022 - mdpi.com
This article is devoted to applying bioinformatics and immunoinformatics approaches for the
development of a multi-epitope mRNA vaccine against the spike glycoproteins of circulating …

Humoral vaccine response and breakthrough infections in kidney transplant recipients during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide cohort study

M Hovd, A Åsberg, LA Munthe, K Heldal… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) experienced reduced SARS-CoV-
2 vaccine response and were at increased risk of severe COVID-19. It is unknown if level of …

Renin–angiotensin system blockers during the COVID-19 pandemic: an update for patients with hypertension and chronic kidney disease

MP Theodorakopoulou, ME Alexandrou… - Clinical kidney …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Hypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are among the most common comorbidities
associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity and mortality risk. Renin …

Incidence and severity of COVID-19 in relation to anti-receptor-binding domain IgG antibody level after COVID-19 vaccination in kidney transplant recipients

AL Messchendorp, JSF Sanders, AC Abrahams… - Viruses, 2024 - mdpi.com
Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) elicit an impaired immune response after COVID-19
vaccination; however, the exact clinical impact remains unclear. We therefore analyse the …

Outcomes of COVID-19 in peritoneal dialysis patients: A report by the European Renal Association COVID-19 Database

AC Abrahams, M Noordzij, E Goffin… - Peritoneal Dialysis …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The clinical course of COVID-19 in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients has so far
only been analysed in relatively small, often single-centre case series. Therefore, we studied …

Role of kidney function and concentrations of BAFF, sPD-L1 and sCD25 on mortality in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

L Mansouri, S Sendic, S Havervall, C Thålin… - BMC nephrology, 2022 - Springer
Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a recognized risk factor for severe
complications in COVID-19. Our objective was to analyze the association between kidney …

Ethics in humanitarian settings—relevance and consequences for dialysis and kidney care

VA Luyckx, W Van Biesen, JB Ponikvar… - Clinical Kidney …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
With the increasing frequency and severity of disasters and the increasing number of
patients living with kidney disease, on dialysis and with transplants around the world, the …