Recommendations on vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 in patients with kidney disease and kidney transplantation
Abstract
The objective of this document of recommendations is to guide nephrologists and non-nephrologists who assist patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) at all stages of the disease in the vaccination process against SARS-CoV-2. As a consequence of the epidemiological situation and the timing of the preparation process for the available vaccines, sufficiently powerful evidence has not been generated, so the recommendations are not accompanied by their level of evidence. The need to prioritize vaccination in this group of patients is based on the highest risk of acquiring the SARS-CoV-2 infection, developing the COVID-19 disease with greater severity and presenting a higher mortality than the general population. The recommendations are organized by groups of patients, considering patients with non-dialytic CKD, dialysis and kidney transplantation, and patients under immunosuppressive treatment.
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