Acute Kidney Injury in Non-Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Hospitalizations for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication among SARS-CoV-2-positive patients who undergo hospitalization. Abundant evidence exists concerning the epidemiology of AKI in patients hospitalized in the ICU for COVID-19 but limited data are available about the occurrence of AKI in SARS-CoV-2-positive patients being hospitalized in a non-ICU setting.

Aim and methods

We have carried out a retrospective study to evaluate frequency and risk factors for AKI among patients consecutively admitted at a third-level university hospital starting from February 2020 (the beginning of the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic); all patients were hospitalized outside the ICU.

Results

A total of 387 SARS-CoV-2-positive patients were included in the current study; 372 (

SUBMITTER: Fabrizi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9693191 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature