Acute kidney injury in patients with Covid-19 in a Brazilian ICU: incidence, predictors and in-hospital mortality.
Rafael Lessa da CostaTaíza Corrêa SóriaEliene Ferreira SallesAna Venâncio GerechtMaurício Faria CorvisierMárcia Adélia de Magalhães MenezesCarla da Silveira ÁvilaEduardo Costa de Freitas SilvaSara Regina Neto PereiraLuiz Fernando Nogueira SimvoulidisPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia (2021)
We found a high incidence of AKI; and as predictive factors for its occurrence: age, eGFR and hypertension. AKI was associated with higher hospital mortality.