Background: Patients with CKD ha ve impaired immunity, increased risk of infection-related mortality, and worsened COVID-19 outcomes. However, data comparing nondialysis CKD and ESKD are sparse.
Methods: Patients with COVID-19 admitted to three hospitals in the New York area, between March 2 and August 27, 2020, were retrospectively studied using electronic health records.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has emerged into a worldwide pandemic of epic proportion. Beyond pulmonary involvement in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a significant subset of patients experiences acute kidney injury. Patients who die from severe disease most notably show diffuse acute tubular injury on postmortem examination with a possible contribution of focal macro- and microvascular thrombi.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: 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.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic strained hospital resources in New York City, including those for providing dialysis. New York University Medical Center and affiliations, including New York City Health and Hospitals/Bellevue, developed a plan to offset the increased needs for KRT. We established acute peritoneal dialysis (PD) capability, as usual dialysis modalities were overwhelmed by COVID-19 AKI.
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