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With a vulnerable population, centralized care, and a strong system in place for other shots, dialysis providers argue that they should be part of the early rollout with higher prioritization for their patients.

While staffers work to transfer patients as close to home as possible, with so many hospitals in Kansas beyond capacity, it has become more common than before to transfer as far away as Colorado and Nebraska.

In an interview with HCPLive®, Alan S. Kliger, MD, a clinical professor of medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine and co-chair of the American Society of Nephrology Covid-19 Response Team, explained it is essential that all nephrologists and accompanying medical personnel do their best to socially distance, wear masks, and get immunized for the flu.

In an interview with HCPLive®, Alan S. Kliger, MD, a clinical professor of medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine, explained how the kidneys of patients who did not previously suffer from kidney disease have been impacted by COVID-19.

Nephrologists examine the long-term effects of COVID-19 on the kidneys.

The novel coronavirus exposes another potential shortage in U.S. healthcare.

Although the novel coronavirus is known for causing respiratory symptoms, there are new questions about its impact on other parts of the body. COVID-19 may be linked in some patients with increases in inflammation of the heart as well as injury to other organs and tissues.

A surge in Covid-19 patients with kidney failure that is leading to shortages of machines, supplies and staff required for emergency dialysis.

Clinicians around the world are seeing evidence that suggests the virus also may be causing heart inflammation, acute kidney disease, neurological malfunction, blood clots, intestinal damage and liver problems.

Approximately 20 percent of coronavirus patients in intensive care around the city need the kidney treatment, often for weeks.

The negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on specialty medical practices may lift by the start of next month, according to a new report issued by the market research company Spherix Global Insights.

Care for the nation's 500,000 kidney dialysis patients, who routinely undergo treatment while packed together in group settings, is posing an especially difficult problem for physicians and experts planning for the anticipated surge of coronavirus cases.