Armando Coca, Carla Burballa, Francisco Javier Centellas-Pérez, María José Pérez-Sáez, Elena Bustamante-Munguira, Agustín Ortega, Carlos Dueñas, María Dolores Arenas, Juan Pérez-Martínez, Guadalupe Ruiz, Marta Crespo, Francisco Llamas, Juan Bustamante-Munguira, Julio Pascual
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus 2 has generated significant impact on global health worldwide. COVID-19 can cause pneumonia and organ injury. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been associated with increased mortality in previous epidemics, but there is a paucity of data regarding actual risks for non-dialysis CKD patients with COVID-19. Methods: Multicenter, observational cohort study including 136 non-dialysis CKD patients and 136 age- and sex-matched controls that required hospitalization due to COVID-19...
2020: Frontiers in Medicine