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The archived COVID-19 materials on this page are offered for historical purposes only.
For more current information on COVID-19, please visit:
the Kidney Community Vaccine Collaborative (KCVC) page
the COVID-19 & Emerging Threats (C-ET) page
or the CDC’s COVID-19 pages.
ASN COVID-19 Resources
ASN COVID-19 Recommendations
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ASN COVID-19 Webinars
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- ASN COVID-19 Roundtable: Outpatient Therapeutics Webinar (Recorded Februray 11, 2022)
- ASN/AST COVID-19 Kidney Transplant Roundtable Webinar: Life after Vaccination (Recorded July 29, 2021)
- Use of Monoclonal Antibodies for the Treatment of Mild to Moderate SARS-CoV-2 in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: A Kidney Community Conversation (Recorded March 11, 2021)
- Safety and Efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccines in the Dialysis Population (Recorded January 7, 2021)
- Roundtable: Telehealth for Kidney Care, Beyond COVID-19 (Recorded June 23, 2020)
- AKI Roundtable: The Kidney/Lung Connection and Fluid Management in COVID-19 (Recorded June 16, 2020)
- ASN and the Indian Society of Nephrology Present: COVID-19 and the Kidney (Recorded June 3, 2020)
- The Provision of Dialysis for Patients Post-COVID Diagnosis (Recorded May 21, 2020)
- Surviving COVID-19: Mental Health Support for Kidney Disease Professionals (Recorded May 14, 2020) Produced in partnership with ANNA and NANT
- Dialysis after Discharge: Transitions of Care for COVID-19 Positive Patients (Recorded May 7, 2020)
- Overcoming Challenges to the Provision of Acute Dialysis for COVID-19 Positive Patients (Recorded April 30, 2020)
- Challenges in Kidney Transplant in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Patients & Providers (Recorded April 23, 2020)
- COVID-19 Associated AKI Recognition and Management (Recorded April 21, 2020)
- COVID-19 International Roundtable: Recommendations and Lessons Learned (Recorded April 16, 2020)
- COVID-19: Considerations in the Home Dialysis Setting (Recorded April 9, 2020)
- Hospital Care and Treatment Options for COVID-19 Positive Patients with ESKD and AKI (Recorded April 2, 2020)
- CDC Recommendations and Policy Updates for Current Challenges in the Dialysis Setting (Recorded March 26, 2020)
- COVID-19 Informational Webinar for Providers of Dialysis Services (Recorded March 11, 2020)
ASN COVID-19 Podcasts
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- Treating COVID-19 with Monoclonal Antibodies
- Reflections on a Year of COVID-19
- What Will the Rest of 2020 Look Like?
- Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children with COVID-19
- What Will the Rest of 2020 Look Like?
- Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children with COVID-19
- Acute Kidney Injury and COVID-19
- COVID-19 Update: How is New York Coping?
- COVID-19 and Health Care in the US
- International Medical Graduates and the COVID-19 Crisis
- Emergency Funding for Kidney Research
- Responding to the Emergency
- The Situation in Boston
- Standing Up for Patients During the Crisis
- New York In a follow-up to their first conversation, Tod Ibrahim talks to Dr. Barbara Murphy about how the COVID-19 situation is changing in New York. (21 min. April 17, 2020)
- Washington State Dr. Suzanne Watnick, chief medical officer of Northwest Kidney Centers in Washington State, describes the steps her organization took to protect kidney patients and healthcare workers once the virus hit her state. (20 min. April 16, 2020)
- Telehealth ASN Executive Vice President Tod Ibrahim interviews David White, ASN’s Regulatory and Quality Officer, about policy updates in the field of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. (20 min. April 4, 2020)
ASN in the COVID-19 News
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- Nephrology New and Issues – COVID-19 plans are admirable, but be prepared to change course (May 18, 2020)
- NY Times – A Life and Death Battle: 4 Days of Kidney Failure but No Dialysis (May 1, 2020)
- ABC News – As doctors see coronavirus-kidney link, worry grows over dialysis machines (April 22, 2020)
- PBS News Hour – Why doctors are worried about severe kidney damage in some COVID-19 patients (April 21, 2020)
- NY Times – An Overlooked, Possibly Fatal Coronavirus Crisis: A Dire Need for Kidney Dialysis (April 20, 2020)
- TheCity NYC – A Scramble for Dialysis Supplies in NYC as COVID-19 Attacks Kidneys (April 17, 2020)
- JAMA – Finding Ways to Reduce Coronavirus Exposure During Dialysis (April 16, 2020)
- Washington Post – Coronavirus destroys lungs. But doctors are finding its damage in kidneys, hearts and elsewhere (April 15, 2020)
- Politico – U.S. races to stock up on dialysis supplies as kidney failure ravages virus patients (April 15, 2020)
- Rheumatology Network – Specialty Physicians Weigh in on the State of Practice After COVID-19 (April 14, 2020)
- Washington Post – Dialysis patients are at high risk during covid-19 outbreak (March 24, 2020)
Other ASN COVID-19 Created Resources
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CDC COVID-19 Information
General Information
3 links
Information for Healthcare Personnel
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Patient Safety
1 link
Personal Protective Equipment
2 links
Recommendations
1 link
CMS COVID-19 Updates
Telehealth
2 links
Waivers
1 link
General
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- CMS: Key Components for Continued COVID-19 Management for Dialysis Facilities
- Re-Opening America: What Patients Should Know About Seeking Healthcare.
- Spanish Version: La Reapertura de Estados Unidos: Lo que los Pacientes Deben Saber Acerca de la Atención Médica
- Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in dialysis facilities.
COVID-19 Vaccines and Therapeutics
ASPR: Therapeutics Locator
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CDC: COVID-19 Vaccine and Theraputic Resources
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FDA: Paxlovid
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Vaccine Mandate Information
1 link
Vaccine Resources
7 links
- The Immunization Action Coalition has many resources, not only for COVID-19 immunization, but for other immunizations as well.
- CJASN: COVID-19 Vaccination Imperatives in People on Maintenance Dialysis
- NEJM: Three Doses of an mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients
- Safety and Immunogenicity of a Third Dose of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Case Series
- JAMA: Antibody Response to 2-Dose SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine Series in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
- Kidney360: Vaccine and the Need to be Heard: Considerations for COVID-19 immunization in ESRD
- MedPage Today: COVID Vax in the Immunosuppressed: Reason for Concern— Discomfiting results in new study
Webinars on Vaccine and Therapeutics
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- ASN COVID-19 Roundtable: Outpatient Therapeutics Webinar (Recorded Februray 11, 2022)
- ASN/AST COVID-19 Kidney Transplant Roundtable: Life After Vaccination (Recorded July 29, 2021)
- COVID-19 Therapeutics and the Kidney Transplant Community (Recorded August 26, 2022)
- Use of Monoclonal Antibodies for the Treatment of Mild to Moderate SARS-CoV-2 in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: A Kidney Community Conversation (Recorded March 11, 2021)
Other Healthcare Organizations on COVID-19
State and Local Contacts
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- National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO) – has an official directory map with links and COVID clarification with a downloadable PDF that is structured by state.
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) – includes a link to all of the State Health Commissioners/Secretary/Directors.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Guidance
4 links
Professional Organizations
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- Infection Prevention and Control Post-COVID-19 PHE (AMA)
- The Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) Education Center has published Kidney Patients and Coronavirus: What Have We Learned? by Alan S. Kliger, MD.
- The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has published Guidelines on Infection Prevention in Patients with Suspected or Known COVID-19 (The IDSA guideline panel has agreed upon eight recommendations and provided narrative summaries of other interventions undergoing evaluations.)
- Evidence-Informed Cloth Masks Recommendations (Developed by a team of academics, physicians, trainees, people who sew, and other volunteers working on identifying published, peer-reviewed literature to inform the choice of materials and designs for cloth masks)
- The National Kidney Foundation has posted the NKF Clinical Digest – COVID 19 which is an ongoing compilation of the latest clinical information regarding COVID-19. The goal is to streamline the search for the current data regarding the implications of COVID-19 for clinicians caring for people with kidney diseases during the pandemic.
- The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has developed a COVID-19 Fact Sheet (APIC) in response to recent events.
Government Entities
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- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have published Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment Guidelines. These Treatment Guidelines have been developed to inform clinicians how to care for patients with COVID-19.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) is maintaining a page which posts situation reports, travel advice, and technical guidance, among other information.
- ASPR’s regional contact information
- Information for transplant programs and OPOs regarding 2019 Novel Coronavirus
- HHS Long COVID Report (Nov 2022)
Publications Focusing on COVID-19
Outpatient Dialysis
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Inpatient Dialysis/AKI
2 links
Home Dialysis
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- Kidney360 : Early Use of Telehealth in Home Dialysis During the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City
- Kidney360 : Peritoneal Dialysis for Acute Kidney Injury Treatment in the United States: Brought to you by the COVID-19 Pandemic
- American Journal of Kidney Diseases : Telehealth for Home Dialysis in COVID-19 and Beyond: A Perspective From the American Society of Nephrology COVID-19 Home Dialysis Subcommittee
Transplant
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- Kidney360: Collateral Effects and Mortality of Kidney Transplant Recipients during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Current Transplantation Reports: Use of Organs from SARS-CoV-2 Infected Donors: Is It Safe? A Contemporary Review
- Kidney International Reports: Survey of U.S. Living Kidney Donation and Transplant Practices in the COVID-19 Era.
- Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: Early Outcomes of Outpatient Management of Kidney Transplant Recipients with Coronavirus Disease 2019.
- American Journal of Transplantation: COVID-19 in solid organ transplant recipients: Initial report from the US epicenter.
- American Journal of Transplantation: COVID-19 and Kidney Transplantation: Results from the TANGO International Transplant Consortium Source: American Journal of Transplantation- Accepted Article.
- American Journal of Transplantation: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Case- Control Study- Accepted Article.
- Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: Early Description of Coronavirus 2019 Disease in Kidney Transplant Recipients in New York.
- The New England Journal of Medicine: Covid-19 and Kidney Transplantation.
General
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- Experiences of Work-Family Conflict and Mental Health Symptoms by Gender Among Physician Parents During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- USRDS- COVID-19 Annual Report Suppliment
- Medscape- Further Warning on SGLT2 Inhibitor Use and DKA Risk in COVID-19 (This article lives behind a registration wall, but you can sign-up for free).
- The New England Journal of Medicine has posted a collection of freely avaialable articles and other resources on the Coronavirus outbreak (NEJM), including clinical reports, management guidelines, and commentary.
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