A Case of Novel Coronavirus Disease 19 in a Chronic Hemodialysis Patient Presenting with Gastroenteritis and Developing Severe Pulmonary Disease

• Published in: American journal of nephrology Vol. 51; no. 5; p. 337
• Main Authors: Ferrey, Antoney J, Choi, Grace, Hanna, Ramy M, Chang, Yongen, Tantisattamo, Ekamol, Ivaturi, Kaushik, Park, Elisa, Nguyen, Lawrence, Wang, Brian, Tonthat, Sam, Rhee, Connie M, Reddy, Uttam, Lau, Wei Ling, Huang, Susan S, Gohil, Shruti, Amin, Alpesh N, Hsieh, Lanny, Cheng, Timmy T, Lee, Richard A, Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland 01.05.2020
• Subjects: Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus Infections - complications; Coronavirus Infections - diagnostic imaging; COVID-19; Gastroenteritis - virology; Humans; Kidney Failure, Chronic - complications; Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy; Male; Middle Aged; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - complications; Pneumonia, Viral - diagnostic imaging; Renal Dialysis; SARS-CoV-2; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Travel-Related Illness; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Novel coronavirus disease 19; Rennin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockade; End-stage renal disease; Viral sepsis

Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly infectious, rapidly spreading viral disease with an alarming case fatality rate up to 5%. The risk factors for severe presentations are concentrated in patients with chronic kidney disease, particularly patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD...