Abstract:
ob<x>jectIVE: To investigate the effects of COVID-19 on kidney and the risk factors of acute kidney injury.METHODS: The clinical data of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in 8 designated hospitals in Jiangsu Province on January 20, 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. According to the serum creatinine value, the patients were divided into acute kidney injury (AKI) group and non-acute kidney injury group.RESULTS: Univariate analysis showed that there was statistically significant difference between groups in age, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, severity, respiratory failure, ICU admission, dyspnea, leukocyte count, neutrophil count, systemic immune inflammatory index(SII), neutrophils and lymphocytes count ratio (NLR), lactate dehydrogenase, total bilirubin, albumin, glucose, urea, creatinine, uric acid, filtration rate, calcium ion, chloride ion, D- Dimer, c-reactive protein (CRP). Other general data and laboratory indicators had no statistical significance (P>0.05). Binary Logistic regression analysis showed that SII, NLR, creatinine and CRP were independent risk factors for acute kidney injury in COVID-19 patients.CONCLUSIONS: SII, NLR, creatinine and CRP are independent risk factors for acute kidney injury in patients with COVID-19, and have value in predicting the degree of renal function injury and clinical prognosis in patients with COVID-19