Torki Al Otaibi, Ayman Nagib, Prasad Nair, Medhat A Halim, Mahmoud Khaled, Mohamed A Hammad, Tarek S Mahmoud, Islam Sobhy, Zakaria Zakaria, Ahmed Atta, Ahmed Deraz, Ahmed Mostafa, Mohamed Abuelmagd, Mohamed Shaker, Nabil Alserwy, Zoheer Fyyad, Suzann Rida, Hasaneen Aboatya, Mohamed Adel, Mohamed Balaha, Khaled Atea, Osama Gheith
OBJECTIVES: Renal complications of COVID-19 are not yet well studied. We aimed to evaluate acute kidney injury prevalence among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection and explore its effect on patient outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated 586 hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Of these patients, 267 (45.5%) developed acute kidney injury, as classified according to the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes guidelines. We compared this group with 319 patients (54...
January 2024: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation