Outcomes for Patients With COVID-19 and Acute Kidney Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

IntroductionThere are limited data on the association of kidney dysfunction with prognosis in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and the extent to which acute kidney injury (AKI) predisposes patients to severe illness and inferior outcomes is unclear. We aim to assess the incidence of AKI among patients with COVID-19 and examine their associations with patient outcomes as reported in the available literature thus far.MethodsWe systematically...