Hemodialysis shake-up on the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic: the Treviglio Hospital experience.
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
COVID-19
/ diagnosis
Female
Hospital Administration
Humans
Italy
/ epidemiology
Kidney Failure, Chronic
/ complications
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Patient Isolation
/ organization & administration
Personnel Administration, Hospital
/ methods
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Renal Dialysis
Symptom Assessment
/ methods
Triage
/ organization & administration
COVID-19
coronavirus
end-stage kidney disease
hemodialysis
pandemic
Journal
Giornale italiano di nefrologia : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di nefrologia
ISSN: 1724-5990
Titre abrégé: G Ital Nefrol
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 9426434
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
14 Apr 2021
14 Apr 2021
Historique:
entrez:
14
4
2021
pubmed:
15
4
2021
medline:
22
4
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic in Italy formally started on 21st February 2020, when a 38-years old man was established as the first Italian citizen with Covid-19 in Codogno, Lombardy region. In a few days, the deadly coronavirus swept beyond expectations across the city of Bergamo and its province, claiming thousands of lives and putting the hospital in Treviglio under considerable strain. Since designated Covid-dialysis hospitals to centrally manage infected hemodialysis patients were not set up in the epidemic areas, we arranged to treat all our patients. We describe the multiple strategies we had to implement fast to prevent/control Covid-19 infection and spread resources in our Dialysis Unit during the first surge of the pandemic in one of the worst-hit areas in Italy. The recommendations provided by existing guidelines and colleagues with significant experience in dealing with Covid-19 were combined with the practical judgement of our dialysis clinicians, nurses and nurse's aides.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
Copyright by Società Italiana di Nefrologia SIN, Rome, Italy.