Kidney injury seen in more than a third of hospitalized COVID-19 patients -U.S. study

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Kidney injury seen in more than a third of hospitalized COVID-19 patients -U.S. study
by Reuters
Thursday, 14 May 2020 07:00 GMT
 

By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO, May 14 (Reuters) - Over a third of patients treated for COVID-19 in a large New York medical system developed acute kidney injury, and nearly 15% required dialysis, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

The study was conducted by a team at Northwell Health, the largest health provider in New York state.

"We found in the first 5,449 patients admitted, 36.6% developed acute kidney injury," said study co-author Dr. Kenar Jhaveri, associated chief of nephrology at Hofstra/Northwell in Great Neck, New York, whose findings were published in the journal Kidney International.

https://news.trust.org/item/20200514061808-pdq5w

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No mention of pharmacology.

From the link:

Among the more than 1,000 patients who needed to be placed on a ventilator, about 90% developed acute kidney failure. That compared with 21.7% of the 925 patients who developed the condition but did not need mechanical breathing assistance.

Very ill patients often develop kidney failure as their conditions becomes more and more severe, Jhaveri said.

"It's not specific to COVID-19. It's more related to how sick you are," he said.