Incidence and Prognosis of Acute Kidney Injury with COVID-19 in Hospitalized Egyptian Patients

ABSTRACT

Background: The recent worldwide pandemic of COVID-19 has been a serious, multidimensional problem that has left a detrimental worldwide impact on individuals of all ages and several organ systems. The typical manifestation of kidney involvement is acute kidney injury (AKI);however, there is a lack of consensus data regarding AKI epidemiology in COVID-19. Objective: The aim of the current work was to study the incidence and prognosis of acute kidney injury among patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Subjects and methods: This retrospective, observational cohort study was conducted on 163 COVID19 patients diagnosed by RT-PCR and carried in Inpatient and ICU of Geriatric Isolation Hospital, Ain Shams University hospitals for COVID19. Results: As regard predictors for AKI;each of presence of chronic kidney disease, mechanical ventilation, CRP > 74, and TLC >13 had high predictive value for occurrence of AKI among hospitalized COVID 19 patients. Conclusion: It could be concluded that AKI in COVID-19 patients is associated with a high mortality rate in ICUCOVID-19 patients. Our findings suggest that COVID-19 patients, particularly ICU COVID-19 patients, should be closely monitored for the development of AKI. Early identification of AKI, as well as prompt intervention, can improve COVID-19 patient outcomes. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine is the property of Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)