Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Haemodialysis Care at a Tertiary Centre in South East Nigeria
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Haemodialysis Care at a Tertiary Centre in South East Nigeria作者机构：Department of Internal Medicine Alex-Ekweueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki Nigeria African Institute for Health Policy and Health Systems Ebonyi State University Abakaliki Nigeria Division of Plastic Surgery Department of Surgery Alex-Ekweueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki Nigeria
出 版 物：《Open Journal of Nephrology》 (肾脏病（英文）)
年 卷 期：2020年第10卷第4期
页 面：383-387页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含：普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 10[医学]
主 题：COVID-19 Heamodialysis Care Nigeria
摘 要：COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on health services for patients suffering from chronic diseases. Patients suffering from kidney failure require heamodialysis and this modality of treatment is mostly offered in the hospital. Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on haemodialysis care at a tertiary institution in South East, Nigeria include a reduction in the number of haemodialysis cases during the period of lockdown, an increase in the cost of heamodialysis, scarcity of materials used for the procedure and minor disruption of haemodialylsis care. An improvement in infection control practice at the dialysis unit is observed as a positive effect. It is advocated that the government should assist patients with kidney disease and make the procedure free to ameliorate the health and socio-economic hardships faced by the patients during the pandemic.
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