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ArticleBMC nephrology2022

Acute kidney injury in critically ill COVID-19 infected patients requiring dialysis: experience from India and Pakistan.

Urmila Anandh, Amna Noorin, Syed Khurram Shehzad Kazmi, Sooraj Bannur, Syed Shahkar Ahmed Shah, Mehrin Farooq, Gopikrishna Yedlapati, Waseem Amer, Bonthu Prasad, Indranil Dasgupta

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Article in BMC nephrology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Urmila AnandhDepartment of Nephrology, Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad, India. uanandh@gmail.com.
Amna NoorinDepartment of Nephrology, Peshawar Institute of Cardiology, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Syed Khurram Shehzad KazmiDepartment of Medicine, Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
Sooraj BannurDepartment of Nephrology, Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad, India.
Syed Shahkar Ahmed ShahPeshawar Institute of Cardiology, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Mehrin FarooqDepartment of General Medicine, Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
Gopikrishna YedlapatiDepartment of Pulmonology, Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad, India.
Waseem AmerDepartment of Medicine, Lahore Medical and Dental College and Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospitals, Lahore, Pakistan.
Bonthu PrasadDepartment of Statistics, Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad, India.
Indranil DasguptaUniversity Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK. Indranil.Dasgupta@uhb.nhs.uk.
Yashoda Hospital · INCMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry · PKFarooq Hospital · PKLahore General Hospital · PKUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAcute kidney injury (AKI) was common in the first two waves of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic in critically ill patients. A high percentage of these patients required renal replacement therapy and died in the hospital.

methodsThe present study examines the clinical presentation, laboratory parameters and therapeutic interventions in critically ill patients with AKI admitted to the ICU in two centres, one each in India and Pakistan. Patient and outcome details of all critically ill COVID 19 patients admitted to the ICU requiring renal replacement therapy were collected. Data was analysed to detect patient variables associated with mortality.

resultsA total of 1,714 critically ill patients were admitted to the ICUs of the two centres. Of these 393 (22.9%) had severe acute kidney injury (AKIN stage 3) requiring dialysis. Of them, 60.5% were men and the mean (± SD) age was 58.78 (± 14.4) years. At the time of initiation of dialysis, 346 patients (88%) were oligo-anuric. The most frequent dialysis modality in these patients was intermittent hemodialysis (48.1%) followed by slow low efficiency dialysis (44.5%). Two hundred and six (52.4%) patients died. The mortality was higher among the Indian cohort (68.1%) than the Pakistani cohort (43.4%). Older age (age > 50 years), low serum albumin altered sensorium, need for slower forms of renal replacement therapy and ventilatory support were independently associated with mortality.

conclusionThere was a very high mortality in patients with COVID-19 associated AKI undergoing RRT in the ICUs in this cohort from the Indian sub-continent.

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Acute Kidney InjuryCOVID-19AdultAgedCritical IllnessFemaleHumansIntensive Care UnitsMaleMiddle AgedPakistanRenal DialysisRenal Replacement TherapyRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Acute kidney injuryContinuous renal replacement therapyCOVID-19Slow low efficiency dialysis

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