Acute Kidney Injury as a Predictor of in-Hospital Mortality in Patients With a Diagnosis of Severe Covid-19

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE Determine if Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is a predictor of In-hospital Mortality in severe Covid-19 patients. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was carried out with severe Covid-19 patients from the Hospital de la Amistad Perú - Corea Santa Rosa II - Piura, using a multivariate analysis with the bivariate logistic regression technique and the method = Advance by steps (ratio of likelihood), to calculate a predictive model for Mortality in Covid-19 patients exposed to ARI. RESULTS Mortality was higher in the cohort exposed to ARI (95% vs 71.9%) and a 5-fold RR of death in the patient exposed to ARI compared to the Covid-19 patient not exposed to ARI. CONCLUSION Exposure to ARI increases the risk of mortality by 5 times, increasing the risk of mortality based on the increase in the SOFA score upon admission to the ICU and increase in mg/dl of C-Reactive Protein.