Association between Postmortem Kidney Biopsy Findings and Acute Kidney Injury from Patients with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).

Jesús RiveroMaribel Merino-LópezRossana OlmedoRubén Garrido-RoldanBernardo MoguelGustavo RojasAlfonso Chavez-MoralesPablo Alvarez-MaldonadoPablo Duarte-MolinaRodolfo Castaño-GuerraIvon Karina Ruiz-LopezElizabeth Soria-CastroCesar LunaAlejandro Bonilla-MéndezFrancisco BarandaCarlos ZabalMagdalena MaderoRafael Valdez-OrtizMa Virgilia Soto-AbrahamArmando Vazquez-Rangel

Published in: Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN (2021)

A high prevalence of chronic comorbidities was found on kidney biopsies. Nonrecovery from severe AKI was associated with the presence of pigmented casts. Inflammatory markers and medications were associated with specific histopathologic findings in patients dying from COVID-19.

Keyphrases

sars cov
acute kidney injury
coronavirus disease
end stage renal disease
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
palliative care
prognostic factors
early onset
patient reported
basal cell carcinoma