COVID-19 patients in intensive care develop predominantly oliguric acute kidney injury.

Tomas Luther Sara Bülow-Anderberg Anders O LarssonSten RubertssonMiklos LipcseyRobert FrithiofMichael Hultström

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2020)

A majority of patients with COVID-19 admitted to the ICU develop AKI. The functional deficit is often low urinary volume, and initial levels of biomarkers are generally increased without clear relation to final AKI stage.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
cardiac surgery
sars cov
intensive care unit
mechanical ventilation
african american
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation