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The Association of COVID-19 With Acute Kidney Injury Independent of Severity of Illness: A Multicenter Cohort Study
Moledina DG, Simonov M, Yamamoto Y, Alausa J, Arora T, Biswas A, Cantley LG, Ghazi L, Greenberg JH, Hinchcliff M, Huang C, Mansour SG, Martin M, Peixoto A, Schulz W, Subair L, Testani JM, Ugwuowo U, Young P, Wilson FP. The Association of COVID-19 With Acute Kidney Injury Independent of Severity of Illness: A Multicenter Cohort Study. American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 2021, 77: 490-499.e1. PMID: 33422598, PMCID: PMC7791318, DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.12.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Kidney InjuryAgedCohort StudiesCOVID-19C-Reactive ProteinCreatinineDiureticsFemaleHospital MortalityHumansIntensive Care UnitsLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedProportional Hazards ModelsRenal DialysisRenal Insufficiency, ChronicRespiration, ArtificialRisk FactorsSARS-CoV-2Severity of Illness IndexUnited StatesVasoconstrictor AgentsConceptsAcute kidney injurySARS-CoV-2Cohort studyRisk factorsCOVID-19Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testingTime-updated Cox proportional hazards modelsDialysis-requiring acute kidney injuryYale New Haven Health SystemHigher inflammatory marker levelsMore acute kidney injuryCox proportional hazards modelMulticenter cohort studyHigh rateInflammatory marker levelsTraditional risk factorsProportional hazards modelCoronavirus disease 2019KDIGO criteriaNephrotoxin exposureKidney injuryInjury independentUnivariable analysisNasopharyngeal samplesMarker levels
2021
Evidence for SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein in the Urine of COVID-19 Patients
George S, Pal AC, Gagnon J, Timalsina S, Singh P, Vydyam P, Munshi M, Chiu JE, Renard I, Harden CA, Ott IM, Watkins AE, Vogels CBF, Lu P, Tokuyama M, Venkataraman A, Casanovas-Massana A, Wyllie AL, Rao V, Campbell M, Farhadian SF, Grubaugh ND, Dela Cruz CS, Ko AI, Perez A, Akaho EH, Moledina DG, Testani J, John AR, Ledizet M, Mamoun CB, Team A. Evidence for SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein in the Urine of COVID-19 Patients. Kidney360 2021, 2: 924-936. PMID: 35373072, PMCID: PMC8791366, DOI: 10.34067/kid.0002172021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 spike proteinSARS-CoV-2Spike proteinUrine samplesSARS-CoV-2 infectionYale-New Haven HospitalCOVID-19 patientsAntigen capture assayDetectable viral RNANew Haven HospitalPositive PCR resultsPossible long-term consequencesSpike S1 proteinNP PCRChildren's HospitalNasopharyngeal swabsSARS-CoV-2 spike S1 proteinRenal abnormalitiesLong-term effectsCystatin CLong-term consequencesHospitalUrineViral RNAAlbuminuriaPredicting patients with false negative SARS-CoV-2 testing at hospital admission: A retrospective multi-center study
Ghazi L, Simonov M, Mansour SG, Moledina DG, Greenberg JH, Yamamoto Y, Biswas A, Wilson FP. Predicting patients with false negative SARS-CoV-2 testing at hospital admission: A retrospective multi-center study. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0251376. PMID: 33979353, PMCID: PMC8115794, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251376.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionHours of hospitalizationReceiver operator characteristicAdult patientsNegative SARS-CoV-2 testYale New Haven Health SystemLower white blood cell countAvailable electronic health record dataRetrospective multi-center studySARS-CoV-2 positivityWhite blood cell countSARS-CoV-2 testSARS-CoV-2 testingPositive COVID testHospitalized adult patientsRetrospective cohort studyPopulation of patientsElectronic health record dataBlood cell countVital sign abnormalitiesMulti-center studyFalse-negative testingHealth record dataSARS-CoV-2 virusSARS-CoV-2A Comparison Study of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outcomes in Hospitalized Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Mansour SG, Malhotra D, Simonov M, Yamamoto Y, Arora T, Subair L, Alausa J, Moledina DG, Greenberg JH, Wilson FP, Marin EP. A Comparison Study of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outcomes in Hospitalized Kidney Transplant Recipients. Kidney360 2021, 2: 494-506. PMID: 35369023, PMCID: PMC8786009, DOI: 10.34067/kid.0005652020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKidney transplant recipientsHospital complicationsVasopressor useSARS-CoV-2Baseline eGFRTransplant recipientsElixhauser scoreBlack raceSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outcomesRespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2High ferritin levelsSyndrome coronavirus 2High rateElectronic health recordsFerritin levelsComparator groupCoronavirus 2Higher oddsViral infectionLarger sample sizeHigh mortalityComplicationsAKI