February 24, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 infection does not significantly cause acute renal injury: an analysis of 116 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in a single hospital, Wuhan, China

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

• In contrast to recent papers citing elevated incidence of renal abnormalities among COVID-19 patients, this hospital-based study of 116 patients did not find evidence that COVID-19 is associated with acute renal injury or aggravated chronic renal failure. 

Wang et al. (Feb 23, 2020). SARS-CoV-2 infection does not significantly cause acute renal injury: an analysis of 116 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in a single hospital, Wuhan, China. Pre-print downloaded Feb 23 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.19.20025288