COVID-19-associated acute kidney injury patients treated with renal replacement therapy in the intensive care unit: A multicenter study in São Paulo, Brazil.
Farid SamaanElisa Carneiro de PaulaFabrizzio Batista Guimarães de Lima SouzaLuiz Fernando Cardoso MendesPaula Regina Gan RossiRafaela Andrade Penalva FreitasFernando Takahashi NakagawaAlexandre Toledo MacielSylvia AranhaEduardo OsawaHenrique Pinheiro KonigsfeldRiberto Garcia da SilvaRicardo Barbosa Cintra de SouzaSaurus Mayer CoutinhoTales Dantas VieiraKarina De Bonis ThomazElias Marcos Silva FlatoRenata Cristina da SilvaLucas Vicente AndradeMuna BadaouiEduardo Pogetti BadaouiMiguel Ângelo GoesSergio Henrique do AmaralKarlla CunhaInês Marin MunizJacqueline Siqueira SampaioMarcelino de Souza Durão JuniorDirce Maria Trevisan ZanettaEmmanuel de Almeida BurdmannPublished in: PloS one (2022)
AKI-RRT associated with COVID-19 occurred in patients with an elevated burden of comorbidities and was associated with high mortality (72.5%). The number of organ dysfunctions during hospitalization and RRT efficiency were independent factors associated with mortality. A meaningful portion of survivors was discharged while dependent on RRT (22.3%).