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Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Children with CKD or Immunosuppression

Mastrangelo AntonioMorello WilliamVidal EnricoGuzzo IsabellaAnnicchiarico Petruzzelli LuigiBenetti ElisaMaterassi MarcoGiordano MarioPasini AndreaCorrado CiroPuccio GiuseppeChimenz RobertoPecoraro CarmineMassella LauraPeruzzi LiciaMontini GiovanniVidal Enrico

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Malemedicine.medical_specialty2019-20 coronavirus outbreakAdolescentCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)EpidemiologySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)medicine.medical_treatmentglomerular disease030232 urology & nephrologyComorbidity030204 cardiovascular system & hematologyCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineRisk Assessmentchronic kidney disease; COVID-19; immunosuppression; kidney transplantation; glomerular disease; childrenImmunocompromised Host03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinechildrenRenal DialysisRisk FactorsInternal medicinePandemicHumansMedicineRenal Insufficiency ChronicChildCOVID-19; children; chronic kidney disease; glomerular disease; immunosuppression; kidney transplantation; Adolescent; Age Factors; Child; Child Preschool; Comorbidity; Female; Humans; Infant; Italy; Kidney Transplantation; Male; Renal Dialysis; Renal Insufficiency Chronic; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; COVID-19; Immunocompromised HostKidney transplantationTransplantationimmunosuppressionbusiness.industryAge FactorsCOVID-19InfantOutbreakImmunosuppressionmedicine.diseaseKidney TransplantationResearch LettersItalyNephrologyChild PreschoolDialysis unitFemalebusinesschronic kidney disease

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Infections are a major concern in children on KRT and with CKD. Risk factors include immunosuppression, multiple contacts in dialysis units, and hospital visits ([1][1]). Italy was one of the countries most affected by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak ([2][2

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-01-01Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
https://doi.org/10.2215/cjn.13120820