Association between Renal Function at Admission and COVID-19 in-Hospital Mortality in Southern Italy: Findings from the Prospective Multicenter Italian COVOCA Study.
Raffaele GalieroVittorio SimeonGiuseppe LoffredoAlfredo CaturanoLuca RinaldiErica VetranoGiulia MedicamentoMaria AlfanoDomenico BecciaChiara BrinSara ColantuoniJessica Di SalvoRaffaella EpifaniRiccardo NevolaRaffaele MarfellaCelestino SarduCarmine CoppolaFerdinando ScaranoPaolo MaggiCecilia CalabresePellegrino De Lucia SpositoCarolina RescignoCostanza SbregliaFiorentino FraganzaRoberto ParrellaAnnamaria RomanoGiosuele CalabriaBenedetto PolverinoAntonio PaganoFabio Giuliano NumisCarolina BolognaMariagrazia NunziataVincenzo EspositoNicola CoppolaNicola MaturoRodolfo NastiPierpaolo Di MiccoAlessandro PerrellaMiriam LettieriLuigi Elio AdinolfiPaolo ChiodiniFerdinando Carlo Sassonull On Behalf Of Covoca Study GroupPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)
This study further validates the association between CKD stage at admission and mortality in patients hospitalized for COVID-19. The risk stratification based on eGFR allows clinicians to identify the subjects with the highest risk of intra-hospital mortality despite the duration of hospitalization.