Effect of COVID-19 with or without acute kidney injury on inpatient mortality in England: a national observational study using administrative data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate hospital outcomes and their predictors during the pandemic for patients with and without COVID-19, stratified by the presence of acute kidney injury (AKI).

Design

Retrospective observation study using the Hospital Episodes Statistics database for England.

Participants

2 385 337 unique hospital admissions of adult patients from March 2020 to March 2021 in England.

Main outcome measures

COVID-19 cases were identified by the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) code of U07.1. Patients with suspected COVID-19 (U07.2 code) and patients with end-stage kidney disease on chronic dialysis (N18.6 and Z99.2) were excluded. AKI cases were identified by the ICD10 code. Patients were categorised in

SUBMITTER: Kolhe NV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11911683 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature