COVID-19 and the Kidneys: Risk, Damage and Sequelae.

COVID-19 and the Kidneys: Risk, Damage and Sequelae. MEDICC Rev. 2020 Oct;22(4):87-88 Authors: Herrera-Valdés R, Almaguer-López M, López-Marín L, Bacallao-Méndez R, F J, Guerra-Bustillo G Abstract At fi rst, COVID-19 was thought to be primarily a respiratory disease, progressing in some patients to serious respiratory symptoms, pneumonia, severe respiratory distress syndrome and even death. Later analysis revealed entire systems were compromised, affecting other vital organs, including the kidneys, and a correlation was observed between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and COVID-19 severity COVID-19 severity. PMID: 33295327 [PubMed - in process]
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