Covid-19

The Global Impact of the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic on In-Centre Haemodialysis Services: An International Society of Nephrology – Dialysis Outcomes Practice Patterns Study Survey

The ISN collaborated with the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study on a web survey assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hemodialysis centers. Using a combined approach of random sampling and open invitation, researchers collected data between March 2020 and March 2021 from 412 centers in 78 countries across all ten ISN regions....

January 10, 2022Covid-19Read more...

On the ISN Academy: Watch the Third Episode in the COVID 19 Interview Series

Watch the video here. Kelly Smith and Shreeram Akilesh join Ankit Patel to discuss the current understanding of the SARS-CoV-2 impact on the kidney, including whether or not there is a direct pathological implication between the two and how to explain a high incidence of kidney injury in COVID patients if no direct kidney infection...

November 15, 2021Covid-19, Education, NewsRead more...
An ISN-DOPPS initiative on COVID-19: Your COVID pandemic experience

An ISN-DOPPS initiative on COVID-19: Your COVID pandemic experience; deadline 7 March 2021

As part of its work to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with kidney disease, ISN is collaborating with the DOPPS Programme, at Arbor Research Collaborative for Health. The original DOPPS COVID-19 survey has been adapted to be relevant to high- middle- and low-income countries. We want to hear about real-world experiences of healthcare...

March 2, 2021Covid-19, NewsRead more...

Informing; Researching; Connecting – ISN on COVID-19

In March, as the world began to feel the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, the ISN launched its COVID-19 resource page with the support of a team of ISN COVID-19 Collaborators. This dedicated area of the ISN website hosts information on the impact of COVID-19 on the kidneys. It provides recommendations for preventing and...

January 6, 2021Covid-19, NewsRead more...

Renal Consultant Reports on Dealing with the UK’s Second COVID-19 Wave

Read the full report, “The changing faces and places of renal medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic” here. James Tollitt, a renal consultant at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, a large teaching hospital in the North West of the United Kingdom, describes challenges experienced during the second wave of the pandemic and the solutions implemented in...

December 7, 2020Covid-19, NewsRead more...

Listen to the ISNeducation Renal Research Rounds Interview: The Cloth Masks Project

Rolando Claure-Del Granado, ISNeducation member, talks to Catherine Clase about her research into cloth masks for protection against COVID-19. * Listen to the interview here. The interview discusses: Differences between masks and mask-testing Recommendations for materials to use for cloth masks (evidence-informed cloth masks) Breathability issues The role of cloth masks in preventing the spread of COVID-19 The Cloth Masks...

October 27, 2020Covid-19, NewsRead more...

ISN-COVID Team Presents Infographic and Visual Abstract for the Cloth Masks Project

The ISN-COVID team has developed a visual abstract and infographic for the general public based on the Cloth Masks Project, an initiative set up by Dr. Catherine Clase and Dr. Roberto Pecoits-Filho. The Cloth Masks Project involves a team of academics, physicians, and other volunteers who research published, peer-reviewed literature to help inform the choice of...

October 12, 2020Covid-19, NewsRead more...

KI Publishes Paper, Led by ISN Members, on Ethical Concerns Revealed by Pandemic

Ethics of kidney care in the era of COVID-19 The paper describes ethical concerns arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the context of care for people with kidney disease, notably how to approach equitable access to dialysis during pandemic surges; the risks and benefits of different kidney failure treatments; and ethical practice when using...

October 12, 2020Covid-19, NewsRead more...