Acute Kidney Injury in a National Cohort of Hospitalized US Veterans with COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with higher risk of AKI. We aimed to describe rates and characterize predictors and health outcomes associated with AKI in a national cohort of US veterans hospitalized with COVID-19.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

In a cohort of 5216 US veterans hospitalized with COVID-19 identified through July 23, 2020, we described changes in serum creatinine and examined predictors of AKI and the associations between AKI, health resource utilization, and death, utilizing logistic regressions. We characterized geographic and temporal variations in AKI rates and estimated variance explained by key variables utilizing Poisson regressions.

Results

In total, 1655 (32%) participants had AKI; 961

SUBMITTER: Bowe B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7792643 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature