A review of pathophysiology, mortality, risk factors and protective measures of acute kidney injury in COVID-19 patients with underlying kidney disease and kidney transplant recipients

• Main Authors: Amirhossein Parsaei (Author), Soroush Moradi (Author), Hanie Karimi (Author), Abdolkarim Haji Ghadery (Author), Behnam Amini (Author), Anahita Najafi (Author), Mahnaz Momenzadeh (Author), Leila Mostafavi (Author), Jyoti Baharani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Society of Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the second prevalent organ damage among COVID-19 infected individuals, which mainly affects those with critical diseases or underlying kidney disorders. Emerging data have suggested that AKI is associated with adverse outcomes, severe COVID-19 disease, and high mortality...