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ArticleDiabetes & metabolic syndrome

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the care of patients with kidney diseases in Duhok City, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Nawfal R Hussein, Zana Sidiq M Saleem, Nashwan Ibrahim, Dildar H Musa, Ibrahim A Naqid

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Article in Diabetes & metabolic syndrome. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nawfal R HusseinDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Zakho, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Iraq.
Zana Sidiq M SaleemDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Iraq.
Nashwan IbrahimDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Iraq.
Dildar H MusaDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Iraq.
Ibrahim A NaqidDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Zakho, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Iraq. Electronic address: ibrahim.naqid@uoz.edu.krd.
University of Duhok · IQUniversity of Zakho · IQ

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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aimsThe 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.

methodsThis study took place in the Duhok Kidney Disease and Transplant Center and compared data from February-April 2019 and 2020.

resultsThe 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).

conclusionsThe COVID-19 pandemic interrupted healthcare services and may continue to impart long-term negative consequences for kidney disease patients.

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AdultCOVID-19FemaleHumansIraqKidney DiseasesMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsPatient CareQuarantineYoung AdultCare of patientsCOVID-19DuhokIraqKidney diseasesKurdistan region

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PMCPMC7434471
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