Severe Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease are Paramount Risk Factors for Mortality in Hospitalized Cases with COVID-19

Autor: Atieh Makhlough, Narges Mirzaei Ilali, David Darvishnia, Hadi Darvishi-Khezri, Ali Sharifipour, Hossein Mehravaran, Masoud Aliyali, Sepideh Safanavaiee, Siavash Abedi, Babak Eslami
Jazyk: English<br />Persian
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Vol 33, Iss 227, Pp 86-96 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1735-9260
1735-9279
Popis: Background and purpose: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) can cause acute kidney injury (AKI), and underlying kidney diseases worsen the prognosis of COVID-19 patients. Materials and methods: This observational study examined the clinical and laboratory outcomes of patients with COVID-19 and assessed the major risk factors for death and intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalization in COVID-19 patients. The sample consisted of 296 COVID-19 patients with or without underlying kidney diseases. In total, 37 patients died (mean age: 66.6 ± 17.6). Results: Most patients who passed away initially suffered from shortness of breath (37.8%), cough (21.6%), old age, insulin use, central nervous system (CNS) disease, septic shock, hypoalbuminemia (P
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