Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Zakho, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Iraq.
Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Iraq.
Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2020 Nov-Dec;14(6):1551-1553. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.08.013. Epub 2020 Aug 18.
The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic impacted healthcare services for kidney disease patients. Lockdown and social distancing were mandated in Kurdistan, Iraq to combat the transmission of the infection. The report analyzed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on kidney disease patient care in Duhok City, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
This study took place in the Duhok Kidney Disease and Transplant Center and compared data from February-April 2019 and 2020.
The average number of patients visiting the consultation unit per week was reduced from 68.67 ± 13.6, to 33.42 ± 29.36 (P = 0.001) during the pandemic. In the dialysis unit, weekly hemodialysis sessions were reduced from 341.5 to 306.42 sessions (P = 0.002). The number of patients visiting the kidney transplant consultation unit was significantly reduced (135.7 ± 37.7 versus 102.5 ± 26.3; P = 0.005). The number of kidney transplant operations per week was reduced from 1.167 to 0.5 (P = 0.025).
The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted healthcare services and may continue to impart long-term negative consequences for kidney disease patients.
2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行对肾病患者的医疗服务产生了影响。为了控制感染的传播，伊拉克库尔德斯坦地区实行了封锁和社交隔离。本报告分析了 COVID-19 大流行对伊拉克库尔德斯坦地区杜胡克市肾病患者护理的影响。
本研究在杜胡克肾脏病和移植中心进行，比较了 2019 年 2 月至 4 月和 2020 年同期的数据。
在疫情期间，每周到咨询科就诊的患者平均人数从 68.67±13.6 人减少到 33.42±29.36 人（P=0.001）。在透析科，每周血液透析治疗次数从 341.5 次减少到 306.42 次（P=0.002）。每周到肾脏移植咨询科就诊的患者人数明显减少（135.7±37.7 人比 102.5±26.3 人；P=0.005）。每周肾脏移植手术次数从 1.167 次减少到 0.5 次（P=0.025）。
COVID-19 大流行中断了医疗服务，并可能继续对肾病患者产生长期的负面影响。
