New Delhi: Infected by the death of kidney patients due to dialysis COVID-19 A study published in Kidney International Reports, a nephrology journal, showed that seizures increased from 23% in the first wave to 33% during the second wave.
Researchers studied 14,573 patients on first wave dialysis. 99% of the number of infected with Kovid-19 remained hospitalized for an average of 12 days and the mortality rate was 23%. The study further sampled 17,662 patients in the second wave. Of the patients tested, 1,111 or 6.2% were infected with COVID-19 and a staggering 32.76% died in these patients.
“This is much higher than the death rate recorded in 2019 within the same period. Age is another important variable that stands out in the study. The average age of the Covid-19-infected people was 53.63, with 45% of all infected persons above the age of 55 years,” the study said.
According to the report, apart from this alarming statistic, dialysis patients also have a huge impact if they are not infected with COVID-19. “The government also heavily influenced the conversion and conversion of dialysis centers into COVID centers and discouraged patients from attending dialysis sessions. This resulted in an increase in the mortality rate in the dialysis population from 15% in 2019 to 20% in 2020,” the report said.
The researchers also studied vaccination and infection rates, hospitalization and mortality rates across India, which showed that the vaccines are indeed effective against COVID-19. NephroPlus, an Indian dialysis network has conducted this comprehensive study that aims to understand the complications and impact of COVID-19 on dialysis patients and the benefits of vaccination.
The study showed that those who received at least one dose of the vaccine had a significant reduction in infection, hospitalization, and mortality. “We found that patients on dialysis who received even a single dose of the vaccine had a 33% lower risk of contracting COVID-19 than those who were not vaccinated. The study’s principal investigator, Dr Vivekananda Jha, said that reducing the risk of death was more remarkable, even if they had Covid-19.
“We found that COVID-19 infection among patients on dialysis was 20 times higher than in the general population, when this was adjusted for age and gender. While it was 8.7% in dialysis patients during the study period, infections in the general population were 0.44% during the same period,” he said.
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