| Autor: |
Raheel Ahmed, Khaola Fazle Maula, Zahid Ali, Mohammad Ismail, Inayat Ur Rehman, Sedra Fazle Maula, Samina Masood Ali, Tahir Mehmood Khan |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, Vol 32, Iss 6, Pp 1764-1774 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1319-2442 |
| DOI: |
10.4103/1319-2442.352439 |
| Popis: |
The kidney is the most vulnerable organ in coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) patients besides the lungs, with evidence of acute kidney injury (AKI). We aimed to find the prevalence of AKI among COVID-19 patients and further evaluate the association of between COVID-19 and AKI along with an understanding of mortality. A prospective observational study was conducted among COVID-19 patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital, Hayatabad Medical Complex, between March 2020 and June 2020. Chi-square test was applied for comparative analysis, whereas for predictors of mortality, odds ratios (OR) were calculated using logistic regression. A total of 606 patients with COVID-19 were admitted to the dedicated ward, of which 250 (41.3%) had AKI and 190 (31.4%) died, whereas, patients having AKI presented 62.1% of mortality. Our study revealed a statistically significant association between AKI and mortality (OR = 3.5; P |
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