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Acute kidney injury in patients with severe COVID-19 in Mexico.

Gustavo A Casas-AparicioIsabel León-RodríguezClaudia Alvarado-de la BarreraMauricio Gonzalez NavarroAmy Bethel Peralta-PradoYara Luna-VillalobosAlejandro Velasco-MoralesNatalia Calderón-DávilaChristopher E OrmsbySantiago Ávila-Ríos
Published in: PloS one (2021)
AKI was common in our cohort of patients with severe pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection. The risk factors for AKI were older age, obesity and the need for of IMV on admission. The risk factors for mortality were obesity, requirement of vasoactive drugs on admission and AKI. Mortality was more frequent in patients with AKI stages 2-3. The FST had an acceptable predictive capacity to identify patients progressing to AKI stage 3.
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