Renal Tubular Acidosis in Pregnant Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is an extremely rare cause of metabolic acidosis (10 in 100,000). RTA has been linked neither to pregnancy nor to severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The purpose of this study was to analyze the prevalence and clinical course of normal anion gap metabolic acidosis in critically ill pregnant COVID-19 patients and to compare them to an age-matched nonpregnant female patient cohort.

Methods

Secondary analysis was conducted on a prospective observational cohort of critically ill patients suffering from COVID-19 consecutively admitted to a tertiary intensive care unit (ICU) between February 2020 and April 2021.

Results

A total of 321 COVID-19 patients required admission to the ICU; 95 (30%) were female, and 18 (19%) were of c

SUBMITTER: Humbel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9331067 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature