Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Kidney care

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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General guidance for kidney care

●International

•World Health Organization (WHO): Interim recommendations for an extended primary series with an additional vaccine dose for COVID-19 vaccination in immunocompromised persons (2021)

●Canada

•Canadian Society of Nephrology (CSN): Rapid response team recommendations on management of advanced chronic kidney disease during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)

●United States

•National Institutes of Health (NIH): COVID-19 treatment guidelines – Acute kidney injury and renal replacement therapy (ARCHIVED; published 2020)

●United Kingdom

•The Renal Association (RA): Guidance for clinicians with patients receiving immunosuppression treatment for autoimmune conditions of their native kidneys during Covid-19 (2020)

•RA, British Renal Society (BRS), British Transplantation Society (BTS), Kidney Care UK, National Kidney Foundation (NKF): Position statement on COVID-19 vaccination for adult patients with kidney disease (2020)

●Australia–New Zealand

•Kidney Health New Zealand: A consensus statement on the use of angiotensin receptor blockers and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors in relation to COVID-19 (corona virus disease 2019)

●Japan

•[In Japanese] Japanese Society of Nephrology (JSN): Guide to coronavirus infections in kidney disease treatment (2020)

Kidney replacement therapy

●International

•International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (ISPD): Recommendations for strategies regarding COVID-19 in PD patients

●Canada

•Canadian Society of Nephrology (CSN): Rapid response team home dialysis recommendations (2020)

•CSN: Rapid response team recommendations on management of outpatient hemodialysis during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)

●United States

•American Society of Nephrology (ASN): Recommendations on the care of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and kidney failure requiring renal replacement therapy (2020)

•National Institutes of Health (NIH): COVID-19 treatment guidelines – Acute kidney injury and renal replacement therapy (ARCHIVED; published 2020)

●United Kingdom

•Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN): COVID-19 position statement – Prevention of circuit thrombosis in adult inpatients who are COVID-19 positive and undergoing renal replacement therapy (RRT) on critical care wards (2020)

•The Renal Association (RA), British Renal Society (BRS), KQuIP, Kidney Care UK, National Kidney Foundation (NKF), Association of Renal Industries (AR): Recommendations for minimising the risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in UK adult haemodialysis units (2020)

•RA, KQuIP, Kidney Care UK, BRS, NKF: Recommendation for the use of enhanced personal protective equipment (PPE) when caring for patients receiving haemodialysis who have COVID-19 infection (2020)

●India

•Government of India Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MHFW): Revised guidelines for dialysis of COVID-19 patients (2020)

●Australia–New Zealand

•New South Wales (NSW) Health: Renal replacement therapy in the ICU during COVID-19 pandemic (2021)

Kidney transplantation

●(See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Solid organ transplantation".)

Pediatric patients

●Canada

•Canadian Association of Pediatric Nephrologists (CAPN): Recommendations for the management of Canadian pediatric patients with glomerular diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)

●United Kingdom

•British Association for Paediatric Nephrology (BAPN): Updated shielding guidance for children with kidney disease, on dialysis, and immunosuppression (including kidney transplants) (2020)

•British Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (BSPGHAN): Updated shielding guidance for children with chronic liver disease and those on immunosuppression (autoimmune liver disease and liver transplantation) (2020)

Resources for patients — The following links provide resources about COVID-19 for non-clinicians. These resources come from select society and government-sponsored guidelines from several countries and regions around the world.

●[Canada] Canadian Society of Nephrology (CSN): COVID-19 emergency preparedness for patients & caregivers

●[United States] National Kidney Foundation (NKF): Coronavirus (COVID-19)

●[United States] Renal Physicians Association (RPA): COVID-19 hub – Patient-education resources

●[United Kingdom] Kidney Care UK: Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance for patients with kidney disease

UpToDate also offers "The Basics" patient education pieces, which are written by the doctors and editors at UpToDate. These are written in plain language, at the 5^th to 6^th grade reading level, and answer the main questions a person is likely to have. (See "Patient education: COVID-19 overview (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 and children (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 and pregnancy (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 vaccines (The Basics)".)