Kidney disease and all-cause mortality in patients with COVID-19 hospitalized in Genoa, Northern Italy.

CONCLUSION: Awareness of kidney function, both preexisting CKD and development of acute kidney injury, may help to identify those patients at increased risk of death.
PMID: 33025516 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Nephrology - October 6, 2020 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Russo E, Esposito P, Taramasso L, Magnasco L, Saio M, Briano F, Russo C, Dettori S, Vena A, Di Biagio A, Garibotto G, Bassetti M, Viazzi F, GECOVID working group Tags: J Nephrol Source Type: research