Rationing Scarce Resources: The Potential Impact of COVID-19 on Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
J Am Soc Nephrol
.
2020 Sep;31(9):1926-1928.
doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020050704.
Epub 2020 Jul 15.
Authors
Jeffrey Silberzweig
1
,
T Alp Ikizler
2
,
Holly Kramer
3
,
Paul M Palevsky
4
5
,
Joseph Vassalotti
6
,
Alan S Kliger
7
Affiliations
1
The Rogosin Institute, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
[email protected]
.
2
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
3
Departments of Public Health Sciences and Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois.
4
Renal Section, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System University Drive Division, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
5
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
6
Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York.
7
Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
PMID:
32669321
PMCID:
PMC7461675
DOI:
10.1681/ASN.2020050704
No abstract available
Keywords:
COVID-19; dialysis; rationing.
Publication types
Comment
MeSH terms
Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections*
Humans
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral*
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic*
Resource Allocation
SARS-CoV-2