Decreasing Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with COVID-19 Critical Illness in New York City

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INTRODUCTION: Reports from the United States suggest that acute kidney injury (AKI) frequently complicates coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but understanding of AKI risks and outcomes is incomplete. In addition, whether kidney outcomes have evolved during the course of the pandemic is unknown.

METHODS: We used electronic medical records to identify patients with COVID-19 with and without AKI admitted to 3 New York Hospitals between March 2 and August 25, 2020. Outcomes included AKI overall and according to admission week, AKI stage, the requirement for new renal replacement therapy (RRT), mortality, and recovery of kidney function. Logistic regression was used to assess associations of patient characteristics and outcomes.

RESULTS: Of 4732 admissions, 1386 (29.3%) patients had AKI. Among those with AKI, 717 (51.7%) had stage 1 disease, 132 (9.5%) had stage 2 disease, 537 (38.7%) had stage 3 disease, and 237 (17.1%) required RRT initiation. In March, 536 of 1648 (32.5%) patients developed AKI compared with 15 of 87 (17.2%) in August (P < 0.001 for monthly trend), whereas RRT initiation was required in 6.9% and 0% of admissions in March and August, respectively. Mortality was higher with than without AKI (51.6% vs. 8.6%) and was 71.9% in individuals requiring RRT. However, most patients with AKI who survived hospitalization (77%) recovered to within 0.3 mg/dl of baseline creatinine. Among those surviving to discharge, 62% discontinued RRT.

CONCLUSIONS: AKI impacts a high proportion of admitted patients with COVID-19 and is associated with high mortality, particularly when RRT is required. AKI incidence appears to be decreasing over time and kidney function frequently recovers in those who survive.

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CommentIn: Kidney Int Rep. 2021 Apr;6(4):872-874. - PMID 33686376

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

Kidney international reports - 6(2021), 4 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 916-927

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Charytan, David M [VerfasserIn]
Parnia, Sam [VerfasserIn]
Khatri, Minesh [VerfasserIn]
Petrilli, Christopher M [VerfasserIn]
Jones, Simon [VerfasserIn]
Benstein, Judith [VerfasserIn]
Horwitz, Leora I [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute renal failure
COVID-19
Critical illness
Journal Article
Mortality
Renal replacement therapy
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Revised 21.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Kidney Int Rep. 2021 Apr;6(4):872-874. - PMID 33686376

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ekir.2021.01.036

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NLM321192524