Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN
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J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. · Jun 2020
Renal Involvement and Early Prognosis in Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia.
Some patients with COVID-19 pneumonia also present with kidney injury, and autopsy findings of patients who died from the illness sometimes show renal damage. However, little is known about the clinical characteristics of kidney-related complications, including hematuria, proteinuria, and AKI. ⋯ Renal abnormalities occurred in the majority of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. Although proteinuria, hematuria, and AKI often resolved in such patients within 3 weeks after the onset of symptoms, renal complications in COVID-19 were associated with higher mortality.