Prevalence of acute kidney injury amongst Covid-19 admitted patients in Ribat Teaching Hospital isolation centre: A retrospective cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Covid-19 sequeale have been a cause of serious health concerns since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Studies regarding this are still lacking especially in relation to the prevalence of Covid-19 induced AKI. Therefore, we have aimed to determine the prevalence of AKI amongst Covid-19 hospitalised patients in Ribat isolation centre.

Methodology

A cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted in the period from March 2020 to July 2021 in Ribat teaching hospital primary isolation centre which includes admitted Covid-19 induced AKI patients. A total of 333 confirmed Covid-19 patients were tested out of which we analyzed 183 files that fit the criteria of our research. The data was collected from the patients' record files using a checklist.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Elsadig H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9387061 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature