ArticleRenal failure2021
Hypophosphatemia is an independent risk factor for AKI among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 infection.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Global geographic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-associated acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2025Pooled it
- Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine and the risk of acute kidney injury in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Renal failure · 2022Pooled it
- Hypophosphatemia in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Complications, and Considerations: A Systematic Review.BioMed research international · 2022Pooled it
- The blood urea nitrogen-to-creatinine ratio is associated with acute kidney injury among COVID-19 patients.Renal failure · 2025Article
- Hypophosphatemia: Unraveling a lethal connection with icu mortality in critically ill COVID-19 patients: a multicenter observational study.Journal of medical biochemistry · 2025Article
- Early goal-directed renal replacement therapy in severe pneumonia associated acute kidney injury.Renal failure · 2024Article
- A Case of Intractable Hypophosphatemia in a Patient with Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Encephalitis after SARS-CoV-2 Infection.Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets · 2024Article
- Calcium, Phosphorus and Magnesium Abnormalities Associated with COVID-19 Infection, and Beyond.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Risk factors, clinical characteristics and prognostic value of acute kidney injury in COVID-19 compared with influenza virus and respiratory syncytial virus.Journal of nephrology · 2023Article
- Stratification of Acute Kidney Injury Risk, Disease Severity, and Outcomes by Electrolyte Disturbances.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2023Review
- The impact of COVID-19 infection before the vaccination era on the hospitalized patients requiring hemodialysis: a single-center retrospective cohort.Renal failure · 2023Article
- A bibliometric analysis of publications inRenal failure · 2023Review
- The ratio of monocytes to lymphocytes multiplying platelet predicts incidence of pulmonary infection-related acute kidney injury.European journal of medical research · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study sought to investigate incidence and risk factors for acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospitalized COVID-19.
methodsIn this retrospective study, we enrolled 823 COVID-19 patients with at least two evaluations of renal function during hospitalization from four hospitals in Wuhan, China between February 2020 and April 2020. Clinical and laboratory parameters at the time of admission and follow-up data were recorded. Systemic renal tubular dysfunction was evaluated
resultsIn total, 823 patients were enrolled (50.5% male) with a mean age of 60.9 ± 14.9 years. AKI occurred in 38 (40.9%) ICU cases but only 6 (0.8%) non-ICU cases. Using forward stepwise Cox regression analysis, we found eight independent risk factors for AKI including decreased platelet level, lower albumin level, lower phosphorus level, higher level of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), procalcitonin, C-reactive protein (CRP), urea, and prothrombin time (PT) on admission. For every 0.1 mmol/L decreases in serum phosphorus level, patients had a 1.34-fold (95% CI 1.14-1.58) increased risk of AKI. Patients with hypophosphatemia were likely to be older and with lower lymphocyte count, lower serum albumin level, lower uric acid, higher LDH, and higher CRP. Furthermore, serum phosphorus level was positively correlated with phosphate tubular maximum per volume of filtrate (TmP/GFR) (Pearson
conclusionThe AKI incidence was very low in non-ICU patients as compared to ICU patients. Hypophosphatemia is an independent risk factor for AKI in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 infection.
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