Acute kidney injury in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

Mehmet KanbayAlpay MedetalibeyogluAsiye KanbayEnes CevikCem TanrioverArzu BaygulNaci ŞenkalHilal KonyaogluTimur S AkpinarMurat KoseAdrian CovicTufan Tukek

Published in: International urology and nephrology (2021)

AKI is common in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Furthermore, we show that AKI increases the admission rates to ICU and in-hospital mortality. Our findings suggest that AKI should be effectively managed to prevent the adverse outcomes in COVID-19 patients.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
sars cov
intensive care unit
emergency department
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation