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ArticleJournal of nephrology2022

Overcoming obstacles in Panama to starting a renal biopsy program in a rural area during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Karen Courville, Rolando Milord, Jonathan Cerrud, Norman Bustamante

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Karen CourvilleSection of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hospital Dr. Gustavo Nelson Collado, Chitré, Herrera, Panama. kavac7@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-4182-6736
Rolando MilordDepartment of Pathology, Universidad de Panamá, Panama City, Panama.
Jonathan CerrudSection of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Hospital Dr. Gustavo Nelson Collado, Chitré, Herrera, Panama.
Norman BustamanteSection of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Hospital Dr. Gustavo Nelson Collado, Chitré, Herrera, Panama.ORCID 0000-0002-8896-5194

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Abstract

Due to the many implemented restrictions, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has rendered some tasks more difficult, for instance, the evaluation of outpatients. Panama's tertiary care hospital for kidney biopsy referral was transformed into a COVID-only hospital in order to assist the large number of COVID-19 patients. In order to face the impossibility of following patients with nephrotic or nephritic syndrome, a biopsy program was implemented in a southern province in Panama. Thirty kidney biopsies were carried out over a 1-year period. This experience shows that kidney biopsy programs, that are usually run only in large referral centers, can also be implemented in small nephrology centers, allowing to obtain accurate diagnoses and to guide correct treatment.

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COVID-19BiopsyHumansKidneyPanamaPandemicsSARS-CoV-2COVID-19Kidney biopsyNephritic syndromeNephrotic syndromePanama

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PMID35997937
PMCPMC9396578

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