Table I.
Clinical characteristics and hemodialysis catheter placement in test- or clinically-positive COVID-19 patients
| n | 36 | ||
| Age (years) | 65.5 ± 10.5 | ||
| Sex | |||
| Male | 29 (80.6) | ||
| Female | 7 (19.4) | ||
| Race | |||
| White | 7 (19.4) | ||
| Black | 28 (77.8) | ||
| Other | 1 (2.8) | ||
| COVID-19 status | |||
| Test positive | 29 (80.6) | ||
| Clinically positive | 7 (19.4) | ||
| Baseline eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2) | |||
| >60 | 16 (44.4) | ||
| 30–59 | 6 (16.7) | ||
| 15–29 | 4 (11.1) | ||
| <15 | 2 (5.6) | ||
| Unknown | 8 (22.2) | ||
| Patient location | |||
| Medical floor | 2 (5.6) | ||
| Intensive care unit | 34 (94.4) | ||
| Hemodialysis access | |||
| First catheter placement | 36 (100.0) | ||
| Bedside, nontunneled | 19 (52.8) | ||
| Bedside, tunneled | 15 (41.7) | ||
| Operating room, tunneled | 2 (5.6) | ||
| Second catheter placement | 10 (27.8) | ||
| Bedside, tunneled | 9 (90.0) | ||
| Operating room, tunneled | 1 (10.0) | ||
| In-hospital mortality | 23 (63.9) | ||
All values are no. (%) or mean ± standard deviation.