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. 2021 Jan 7;8(1):4.
doi: 10.3390/medicines8010004.

Risk Factors, Clinical Characteristics, and Prognosis of Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Panupong Hansrivijit  1 , Kinjal P Gadhiya  1 , Mounika Gangireddy  1 , John D Goldman  2
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Risk Factors, Clinical Characteristics, and Prognosis of Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Panupong Hansrivijit et al. Medicines (Basel). .

Abstract

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious complication of COVID-19. Methods: Records of hospitalized adult patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection from 1 March to 31 May 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. Results: Of 283 patients, AKI occurred in 40.6%. From multivariate analyses, the risk factors of AKI in COVID-19 can be divided into: (1) demographics/co-morbidities (male, increasing age, diabetes, chronic kidney disease); (2) other organ involvements (transaminitis, elevated troponin I, ST segment/T wave change on electrocardiography); (3) elevated biomarkers (ferritin, lactate dehydrogenase); (4) possible bacterial co-infection (leukocytosis, elevated procalcitonin); (5) need for advanced oxygen delivery (non-invasive positive pressure ventilation, mechanical ventilation); and (6) other critical features (ICU admission, need for vasopressors, acute respiratory distress syndrome). Most AKIs were due to pre-renal (70.4%) and intrinsic (34.8%) causes. Renal replacement therapy was more common in intrinsic AKI. Both pre-renal (HR 3.2; 95% CI 1.7-5.9) and intrinsic AKI (HR 7.7; 95% CI 3.6-16.3) were associated with higher mortality. Male, stage 3 AKI, higher baseline and peak serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen were prevalent in intrinsic AKI. Urine analysis and the fractional excretion of sodium and urea were not helpful in distinguishing intrinsic AKI from other causes. Conclusions: AKI is very common in COVID-19 and is associated with higher mortality. Characterization of AKI is warranted due to its diverse nature and clinical outcome.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; acute kidney injury; coronavirus; risk factors.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Flowchart of the subject selection from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Pinnacle COVID-19 registry from 1 March to 31 May 2020. MRN, medical record number: PCR, polymerase chain reaction.
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Figure 2
Survival analysis of patients with intrinsic AKI and other AKI using the Kaplan-Meier curve (χ2 = 4.04, p = 0.04).
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