Kidney Replacement Therapy in COVID-19-Related Acute Kidney Injury: the Importance of Timing
Carlos Augusto Almeida,
Marcia Fernanda Oliveira,
Alexandre Macedo Teixeira
et al.
Abstract:The objective of this study was to evaluate two different criteria for deciding when KRT should be initiated in patients with COVID-19-related AKI, as well as to determine the impact of the timing of KRT, as defined by each criterion, on in-hospital mortality among such patients. This was a retrospective study involving 512 adult patients admitted to the ICU. All participants had laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 and a confirmed diagnosis of AKI. The potential predictors were the determination of the timing of KRT… Show more
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