Outcomes of COVID-19 in CKD Patients: A Multicenter Electronic Medical Record Cohort Study

Affiliations

¹ George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC.
² West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia.
³ Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, Alabama.
⁴ Department of Medicine, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center Charleston Division, Charleston, West Virginia.
⁵ Division of Gastroenterology, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center Charleston Division, Charleston, West Virginia.
⁶ Department of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona.

Multicenter Study

Haig Pakhchanian et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021.

. 2021 May 8;16(5):785-786.

doi: 10.2215/CJN.13820820. Epub 2021 Feb 8.

¹ George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC.
² West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia.
³ Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, Alabama.
⁴ Department of Medicine, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center Charleston Division, Charleston, West Virginia.
⁵ Division of Gastroenterology, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center Charleston Division, Charleston, West Virginia.
⁶ Department of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Electronic Health Records; chronic kidney disease; end stage kidney disease.

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