Information from the renal community
ERA-EDTA COVID-19 news and information
Articles and papers:
| Articles collected by Transplant Library, Peter Morris Centre for Evidence in Transplantation (CET) | Results for COVID-19 | 08 June 2020 |
| Updated guidance from NHSBT and BTS | NHSBT/BTS guidance for clinicians on consent for solid organ transplantation in adults, children and young people and living organ donation in the context of COVID-19 | 05 June 2020 |
| Twice weekly HD guideline - Lokelma | Guidance for clinicians | 04 June 2020 |
| Twice weekly HD guideline - Lokelma | Changes to your dialysis schedule during COVID Pandemic | 04 June 2020 |
| Twice weekly HD guideline - Veltassa | Guidance for clinicians | 04 June 2020 |
| Twice weekly HD guideline - Veltassa | Changes to your dialysis schedule during COVID Pandemic | 04 June 2020 |
| Guidance for patients intending to fast during the COVID-19 pandemic | The British Islamic Medical Association | 24 April 2020 |
| BTS COVID-19 information & guidance | BTS information & guidance | Updated regularly |
| PD Protocol from Kings College Hospital | KCH Renal Covid Acute PD on ICU Protocol | 20 April 2020 |
| Cases from a dialysis centre in Wuhan reporting 37 COVID-19 cases among 230 haemodialysis patients and 4 cases among 33 staff over a one-month epidemic follow up period. | 2019 novel coronavirus disease in hemodialysis (HD) patients: Report from one HD center in Wuhan, China | 06 April 2020 |
| A case report of pneumonia in a haemodialysis patient in Zhongshan City of Guangdong province, China. | Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pneumonia in a Hemodialysis Patient | 06 April 2020 |
| Renal Replacement Therapy guidance | General Intensive Care Units Guidelines - renal replacement therapy guidelines | 06 April 2020 |
| A rapid dissemination summary report of a facilitated ‘Knowledge Sharing Session’ between UK clinicians with considerable experience of ICU management of COVID-19 infected patients. | COVID-19_synthesis of clinical experience in UK intensive care | 04 April 2020 |
| Update from NHS England on PPE | Guidance on supply and use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) | 28 March 2020 |
| Coronavirus: principles for increasing the nursing workforce in response to exceptional increased demand in adult critical care |
ICU nurse staffing escalation | 25 March 2020 |
| COVID experience in Lombady, Italy | Practical indications for the prevention and management of SARS‑CoV‑2 in ambulatory dialysis patients: lessons from the first phase of the epidemics in Lombardy | 24 March 2020 |
| British Dietetic Association | Critical Care Specialist Group Guidance on management of nutrition and dietetic services during the COVID-19 pandemic | 23 March 2020 |
| NICE guideline | COVID-19 rapid guideline: dialysis service delivery | 21 March 2020 |
| Issued jointly by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Public Health Wales (PHW), Public Health Agency (PHA) Northern Ireland, Health Protection Scotland (HPS) and Public Health England as official guidance. | Guidance for infection prevention and control in healthcare settings | 18 March 2020 |
| New England Journal of Medicine - collection of articles and resources | Coronavirus (Covid-19) | Regularly updated |
| NephJC | Collection of trusted resources | Regularly updated |
| Repository for all the information from NHSBT | NHSBT advice for clinicians | Regularly updated |
| An open access journal article for kidney specialist on COVID-19 | The Novel Coronavirus 2019 Epidemic and Kidneys | 06 March 2020 |
| Clinical features of Chinese patients with COVID-19 | Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China | 06 March 2020 |
| Outstanding recent podcasts on COVID-19, comprising interviews with internationally renowned experts | Deep Background with Noah Feldman | 06 March 2020 |
Statements from related organisations
- 03 March 2020: Fresenius Medical Care: Letter to customers
- 12 March 2020: British Transplantation Society: Information for transplant professionals
- 12 March 2020: European Society of Hypertension: Statement on COVID-19
- 13 March 2020: Position Statement of the ESC Council on Hypertension on ACE-Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers
- 17 March 2020: PHE Guidance on Social Distancing, increased risk group now includes patients with CKD
- 18 March 2020: Baxter communication to stakeholders/customers
- Regularly updated: NHS Blood and Transplant: COVID-19 Advice for Clinicians
