Acute Kidney Injury at Hospital Admission for SARS-CoV-2 Infection as a Marker of Poor Prognosis: Clinical Implications for Triage Risk Stratification

• Main Authors: Carlo Andrea Bravi (Author), Walter Cazzaniga (Author), Marco Simonini (Author), Alessandro Larcher (Author), Elisabetta Messaggio (Author), Laura Zagato (Author), Cristina Carenzi (Author), Roberto Bertini (Author), Alberto Briganti (Author), Paolo Manunta (Author), Giuseppe Vezzoli (Author), Andrea Salonia (Author), Chiara Lanzani (Author), Umberto Capitanio (Author), Alberto Zangrillo (Author), Giovanni Landoni (Author), Patrizia Rovere-Querini (Author), Moreno Tresoldi (Author), Francesco Montorsi (Author), Fabio Ciceri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aims: The new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes a wide spectrum of effects, including acute kidney injury (AKI) in up to 40% of hospitalized patients. Given the established relationship between AKI and poor prognosis, whether AKI might be a prognostic ind...