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ArticleInternational urology and nephrology2023

The relationship between CT value and clinical outcomes in renal patients with COVID-19.

Sadra Ashrafi, Pouya Pourahmad Kisomi, Saman Maroufizadeh, Mohammad Reza Jabbari, Mohsen Nafar, Shiva Samavat, Mahmoud Parvin, Nooshin Dalili

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Article in International urology and nephrology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Sadra AshrafiChronic Kidney Disease Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Shahid Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Pouya Pourahmad KisomiStudent Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Saman MaroufizadehDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Mohammad Reza JabbariDepartment of Virology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Mohsen NafarMD, Prof. of Nephrology, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shahid Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Shiva SamavatChronic Kidney Disease Research Center (CKDRC), Shahid Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran.
Mahmoud ParvinDepartment of Pathology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Nooshin DaliliChronic Kidney Disease Research Center, Department of Nephrology, Shahid Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. drn.dalili@sbmu.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1618-0937
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRGuilan University of Medical Sciences · IRHospital Labbafinejad · IRTarbiat Modares University · IR

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Abstract

purposeConcomitant kidney diseases raise the mortality rate due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus as an independent factor. Although a qualitative PCR test's result is sufficient for diagnosis, Cycle threshold value may present relevant information to the physicians in providing faster treatment in patients with chronic conditions, including kidney diseases, to prevent morbidity and subsequent mortality. Thus, the present study was conducted to determine the relationship between the Cycle threshold value and clinical outcomes in renal patients with the coronavirus 2019.

methodsThis retrospective study was conducted on renal patients with the coronavirus 2019 infection admitted to Labbafinejad Hospital in Tehran, the capital of Iran, within a period of one year, from late February 2020 to February 2021. Data were collected per the prepared checklist. Cycle threshold values were measured by performing PCR on nasopharynx and oropharynx swab samples of patients.

resultsAccording to the adjusted analysis, having high viral load increased the odds of in-hospital mortality (aOR = 11.65, 95% CI 3.93-34.54), ICU admission (aOR = 5.49, 95% CI 2.16-13.97), and invasive ventilation (aOR = 7.18, 95% CI 2.61-19.74). Having high viral load also increased the odds of O

conclusionCycle threshold value was a significant predictor of mortality in renal patients. Nevertheless, further studies are required on how to render optimal use of the Cycle threshold value, given that the quality of the test sample and the different groups of patients under study affect the effectiveness of this marker in predicting disease severity.

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COVID-19HumansIranRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Tomography, X-Ray ComputedClinical outcomeCOVID-19Cycle thresholdMortalityRenal patients

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