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ArticleJornal brasileiro de nefrologia

Presentation and outcomes of chronic kidney disease patients with COVID-19.

Carolina Gonçalves Branco, Inês Duarte, Joana Gameiro, Cláudia Costa, Filipe Marques, João Oliveira, João Bernardo, José Nuno Fonseca, Carolina Carreiro, Sandra Braz and 1 more

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Article in Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Kidney involvement and anemia in COVID-19 infection.World journal of nephrology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Carolina Gonçalves BrancoCentro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Departamento de Medicina, Divisão de Nefrologia e Transplante Renal, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3073-0253
Inês DuarteCentro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Departamento de Medicina, Divisão de Nefrologia e Transplante Renal, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0101-9961
Joana GameiroCentro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Departamento de Medicina, Divisão de Nefrologia e Transplante Renal, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6143-461X
Cláudia CostaCentro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Departamento de Medicina, Divisão de Nefrologia e Transplante Renal, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6468-1306
Filipe MarquesCentro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Departamento de Medicina, Divisão de Nefrologia e Transplante Renal, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7772-7342
João OliveiraCentro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Departamento de Medicina, Divisão de Nefrologia e Transplante Renal, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5097-9630
João BernardoCentro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Departamento de Medicina, Divisão de Nefrologia e Transplante Renal, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0332-3054
José Nuno FonsecaCentro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Departamento de Medicina, Divisão de Nefrologia e Transplante Renal, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7675-216X
Carolina CarreiroCentro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Departamento de Medicina, Divisão de Medicina Interna 2, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1992-5447
Sandra BrazCentro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Departamento de Medicina, Divisão de Medicina Interna 2, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7764-9391
José António LopesCentro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Departamento de Medicina, Divisão de Nefrologia e Transplante Renal, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5563-5132

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCOVID-19 is currently a global health issue and an important cause of mortality. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the risk factors for infection, morbidity and mortality by SARS-CoV-2. In our study, we aimed to evaluate the clinical presentation and outcomes of CKD patients with COVID-19, as well as identify predictors of mortality.

methodsThis was a retrospective study of CKD patients admitted in a tertiary-care Portuguese hospital between March and August of 2020. Variables were submitted to univariate and multivariate analysis to determine factors predictive of in-hospital mortality.

results130 CKD patients were analyzed (median age 73.9 years, male 60.0%). Hypertension (81.5%), cardiovascular disease (36.2%), and diabetes (54.6%) were frequent conditions. Cough, dyspnea, fever and respiratory failure were also common. Almost 60% had anemia, 50% hypoalbuminemia, 13.8% hyperlactacidemia and 17% acidemia. Mean serum ferritin was 1531 µg/L, mean CRP 8.3 mg/dL and mean LDH 336.9 U/L. Most patients were treated with lopinavir/ritonavir, hydroxychloroquine or corticosteroids and only 2 with remdesivir. Eighty percent had acute kidney injury and 16.2% required intensive care unit admission. The 34 patients who died were older and more likely to have heart failure. They had higher neutrophils/lymphocytes ratio, ferritin, lactate, and LDH levels. Multivariate analysis identified an association between older age [OR 1.1 (CI 1.01-1.24), p=0.027], higher ferritin [OR 1.0 (CI 1.00-1.00), p=0.009] and higher LDH levels [OR 1.0 (CI 1.00-1.01), p=0.014] and mortality.

conclusionIn our cohort of CKD patients with COVID-19, older age, higher ferritin, and higher LDH levels were independent risk factors for mortality.

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COVID-19Renal Insufficiency, ChronicAgedFerritinsHospital MortalityHumansHydroxychloroquineLactatesLopinavirMaleRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsRitonavirSARS-CoV-2FerritinsHydroxychloroquineLactatesLopinavirRitonavir

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PMCPMC9518619

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