Open AccessIncidence of Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Renal-Competent COVID-19 Patients Undergoing Computed Chest Angiography
Author(s) -
Farzad Sedaghat,
Harshna V. Vadvala,
Alan Shan,
Michael T. McMahon,
Rakhee Gawande
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of computer assisted tomography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1532-3145
pISSN - 0363-8715
DOI - 10.1097/rct.0000000000001337
Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , odds ratio , confidence interval , nephrotoxicity , iodinated contrast , creatinine , pulmonary embolism , renal function , computed tomography angiography , incidence (geometry) , radiology , univariate analysis , angiography , kidney , multivariate analysis , computed tomography , physics , optics
COVID-19 infection poses a significant risk of both renal injury and pulmonary embolism, producing a clinical challenge, as the criterion standard examination for pulmonary embolism, computed tomography angiography (CTA), requires the use of nephrotoxic iodinated contrast agents.Our investigation evaluated whether symptomatic COVID-19-positive patients without laboratory evidence of renal impairment are at increased risk for developing contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CA-AKI).