Use of an extended KDIGO definition to diagnose acute kidney injury in patients with COVID-19: A multinational study using the ISARIC–WHO clinical characterisation protocol

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Authors

Marina Wainstein · The University of Queensland

Samual MacDonald · The University of Queensland

Daniel Fryer · The University of Queensland

K. C. Young · The University of Queensland

Valeria Balan · Angkor Hospital for Children

Husna Begum · Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society

Aidan Burrell

Abstract

An extended KDIGO definition of AKI resulted in a significantly higher detection rate in this population. These additional cases of AKI occurred early in the hospital admission and were associated with worse outcomes compared to patients without AKI.

Topics & Keywords

Acute Kidney Injury Research COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Muscle and Compartmental Disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS Medicine

Volume 19, Issue 4, pp. e1003969-e1003969

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003969

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