Dr. Abhinesh Vijaykumar, M.D., D.M. Nephrology, MRCP (UK), Consultant Nephrologist & Renal Transplant Physician, 10 Years Experience in Nephrology and Renal Transplant
Infection is the most common cause of hospitalization and the second most common cause of mortality among Hemodialysis (HD) patients, after cardiovascular disease. HD patients are exposed to different types of infection, which include bloodstream infections and localized infections of the vascular access, blood-borne infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and/or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and airborne infections like tuberculosis, covid, etc.