2021
The Association of COVID-19 With Acute Kidney Injury Independent of Severity of Illness: A Multicenter Cohort Study
Moledina DG, Simonov M, Yamamoto Y, Alausa J, Arora T, Biswas A, Cantley LG, Ghazi L, Greenberg JH, Hinchcliff M, Huang C, Mansour SG, Martin M, Peixoto A, Schulz W, Subair L, Testani JM, Ugwuowo U, Young P, Wilson FP. The Association of COVID-19 With Acute Kidney Injury Independent of Severity of Illness: A Multicenter Cohort Study. American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 2021, 77: 490-499.e1. PMID: 33422598, PMCID: PMC7791318, DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.12.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Kidney InjuryAgedCohort StudiesCOVID-19C-Reactive ProteinCreatinineDiureticsFemaleHospital MortalityHumansIntensive Care UnitsLength of StayMaleMiddle AgedProportional Hazards ModelsRenal DialysisRenal Insufficiency, ChronicRespiration, ArtificialRisk FactorsSARS-CoV-2Severity of Illness IndexUnited StatesVasoconstrictor AgentsConceptsAcute kidney injurySARS-CoV-2Cohort studyRisk factorsCOVID-19Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testingTime-updated Cox proportional hazards modelsDialysis-requiring acute kidney injuryYale New Haven Health SystemHigher inflammatory marker levelsMore acute kidney injuryCox proportional hazards modelMulticenter cohort studyHigh rateInflammatory marker levelsTraditional risk factorsProportional hazards modelCoronavirus disease 2019KDIGO criteriaNephrotoxin exposureKidney injuryInjury independentUnivariable analysisNasopharyngeal samplesMarker levels
2020
Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors Increases Risk of Incident Kidney Stones
Simonov M, Abel EA, Skanderson M, Masoud A, Hauser RG, Brandt CA, Wilson FP, Laine L. Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors Increases Risk of Incident Kidney Stones. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2020, 19: 72-79.e21. PMID: 32147588, PMCID: PMC7483196, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2020.02.053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProton pump inhibitorsPPI useKidney stonesCohort studyLevothyroxine useTime-varying Cox proportional hazardsHistamine-2 receptor antagonistsPropensity score-matched subsetIncident kidney stonesUrinary ion concentrationsLarge cohort studyCox proportional hazardsPropensity matching analysisDose-dependent increaseNegative control exposureH2RA usePPI usersMost patientsPPI usageAcid suppressionAdjusted analysisMedication usageRetrospective studyPump inhibitorsUnadjusted analyses