Renal Involvement and Early Prognosis in Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Some patients with COVID-19 pneumonia also present with kidney injury, and autopsy findings of patients who died from the illness sometimes show renal damage. However, little is known about the clinical characteristics of kidney-related complications, including hematuria, proteinuria, and AKI.

Methods

In this retrospective, single-center study in China, we analyzed data from electronic medical records of 333 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, including information about clinical, laboratory, radiologic, and other characteristics, as well as information about renal outcomes.

Results

We found that 251 of the 333 patients (75.4%) had abnormal urine dipstick tests or AKI. Of 198 patients with renal involvement for the median duration of 12 days, 118

SUBMITTER: Pei G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7269350 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature