Incidence, risk factors and outcome of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with COVID-19.

Gaetano AlfanoAnnachiara FerrariFrancesco FontanaGiacomo MoriRiccardo MagistroniMarianna MeschiariErica FranceschiniMarianna MenozziGianluca CuomoGabriella OrlandoAntonella SantoroMargherita DigaetanoCinzia PuzzolanteFederica CarliAndrea BediniJovana MilicIrene ColorettiPaolo RaggiCristina MussiniMassimo GirardisGianni CappelliGiovanni Guaraldinull null

Published in: Clinical and experimental nephrology (2021)

AKI was a common and harmful consequence of COVID-19. It manifested with urinary abnormalities (proteinuria, microscopic hematuria) and conferred an increased risk for death. Given the well-known short-term sequelae of AKI, prevention of kidney injury is imperative in this vulnerable cohort of patients.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
risk factors
cardiac surgery
end stage renal disease
coronavirus disease
sars cov
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
respiratory syndrome coronavirus