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Revista Colombiana de Nefrología
On-line version ISSN 2500-5006
Abstract
GARCIA-LOPEZ, Andrea; PATINO-JARAMILLO, Nasly; SANCHEZ-AVILA, Yenifer and GIRON-LUQUE, Fernando. Telemedicine follow-up in kidney transplant patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rev. colom. nefrol. [online]. 2022, vol.9, n.1, 202. Epub Jan 01, 2022. ISSN 2500-5006. https://doi.org/10.22265/acnef.9.1.544.
Introduction:
The COVID-19 pandemic led to the restructuring of health services around the world. Teleconsultation offers access to remote health care and a mitigation strategy.
Purpose:
Describe the results of a teleconsultation program in a transplant center at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methodology:
Descriptive cross-sectional study describing the experience of the use of teleconsultation during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic at an organ transplant center in Colombia. The information was obtained by directly collecting the total number of patients treated during April 2020 and by sending a structured electronic questionnaire to the patients involved in the care.
Results:
A total of 1139 renal transplant patients were assessed by teleconsultation. The geographical distribution of patients in metropolitan areas and outside the metropolitan area were similar (n=575 and n=564, respectively). Of the total, 292 patients responded to the survey sent with an average age of 48 years. The patients had high satisfaction with the teleconsultation model (n=278, 94%). There were 2 suspected cases of COVID-19, which were negative when performing the PCR-RT test.
Conclusions:
Teleconsultation is a useful tool in the mitigation of the health emergency, with a high potential, which generates greater access and health care opportunity, presenting high acceptance rates.
Keywords : kidney transplantation; telemedicine; teleconsultation; COVID-19; pandemic; e-health..