Open AccessAKI in Hospitalized Patients with and without COVID-19: A Comparison Study
Author(s) -
Molly Fisher,
Joel Neugarten,
Eran Bellin,
Milagros Yunes,
Lindsay Stahl,
Tanya S. Johns,
Matthew K. Abramowitz,
Rebecca V. Levy,
Neelja Kumar,
Michele H. Mokrzycki,
Maria Coco,
Mary Dominguez,
Kalyan Prudhvi,
Ladan Golestaneh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.451
H-Index - 279
eISSN - 1533-3450
pISSN - 1046-6673
DOI - 10.1681/asn.2020040509
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , intensive care unit , acute kidney injury , mechanical ventilation , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , observational study , disease , pediatrics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , physics , optics
Reports from centers treating patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have noted that such patients frequently develop AKI. However, there have been no direct comparisons of AKI in hospitalized patients with and without COVID-19 that would reveal whether there are aspects of AKI risk, course, and outcomes unique to this infection.