COVID-19 Among Children With Chronic Renal Diseases in Qatar

"Data on clinical and laboratory findings are reviewed from medical records for details of underlying disease, severity of COVID-19 and associated complications, testing methods for SARS-CoV-2 virus and duration of RT-PCR positivity, therapy received, and duration of hospital stay. Underlying CKD was categorized as nephrotic syndrome, other kidney diseases with CKD stage 1-5. In patients with nephrotic syndrome, the presence of nephrotic-range proteinuria at evaluation at onset, relapse or following non-response to immunosuppression, was considered as 'relapse'.~The Patients will be followed up until discharge, death or 4weeks after diagnosis of COVID-19, whichever was earlier, until 20 January."

Data on clinical and laboratory findings are reviewed from medical records for details of underlying disease, associated complications, therapy received, and duration of hospital stay. Underlying CKD was categorized as nephrotic syndrome, other kidney diseases with CKD stage 1-5.