Renal complications in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Conclusions: Frequent renal complicationsreported among hospitalised COVID-19 patientsare electrolyte disturbance, AKI and RRT. Aggressive monitoring and management of these renal complications may help in the prediction of favourable outcomes.Systematic review registration: PROSPERO 2020: CRD42020186873 Key messagesCOVID-19 affects multiple organs apart from the respiratory system; however, its renal manifestations are not clearly defined.In this systematic meta-analysis of 22 observational cohort studies, the prevalence of pre-existing chronic kidney disease (CKD) in COVID-19 patients was5.2%.The most frequent renal complication was electrolyte disturbance (particularly hyperkalaemia)with an incidence of 12.5% followed by acute kidney injury (AKI)with an incidence of 11.0%;US populations andgroups with higher prevalence of CKD had higher incidence of AKI. PMID: 32643418 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annals of Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Ann Med Source Type: research