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Assessment of Acute Kidney Injury and Longitudinal Kidney Function After Hospital Discharge Among Patients With and Without COVID-19
Nugent J, Aklilu A, Yamamoto Y, Simonov M, Li F, Biswas A, Ghazi L, Greenberg J, Mansour S, Moledina D, Wilson FP. Assessment of Acute Kidney Injury and Longitudinal Kidney Function After Hospital Discharge Among Patients With and Without COVID-19. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e211095. PMID: 33688965, PMCID: PMC7948062, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Kidney InjuryAgedAged, 80 and overBlack or African AmericanCohort StudiesComorbidityCOVID-19CreatinineFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGlomerular Filtration RateHispanic or LatinoHumansHypertensionKidney Function TestsLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedPatient DischargeProportional Hazards ModelsRenal Insufficiency, ChronicRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2United StatesConceptsCOVID-19-associated acute kidney injuryAcute kidney injuryHospital acute kidney injurySubgroup of patientsKidney functionKidney injuryCohort studyHospital dischargeAKI recoveryKidney diseaseCOVID-19Peak creatinine levelsRetrospective cohort studyChronic kidney diseaseDays of dischargeHalf of patientsGlomerular filtration rateCoronavirus disease 2019AKI severityBaseline comorbiditiesEGFR decreaseDialysis requirementEGFR slopeKidney recoveryCreatinine levelsThe 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
2023
Differences in Mortality Among Patients With Asthma and COPD Hospitalized With COVID-19
Liu Y, Rajeevan H, Simonov M, Lee S, Wilson F, Desir G, Vinetz J, Yan X, Wang Z, Clark B, Possick J, Price C, Lutchmansingh D, Ortega H, Zaeh S, Gomez J, Cohn L, Gautam S, Chupp G. Differences in Mortality Among Patients With Asthma and COPD Hospitalized With COVID-19. The Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology In Practice 2023, 11: 3383-3390.e3. PMID: 37454926, PMCID: PMC10787810, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2023.07.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseType 2 inflammationCOVID-19 severitySOFA scoreAirway diseaseNoneosinophilic asthmaSequential Organ Failure Assessment scoreOrgan Failure Assessment scoreSevere coronavirus disease 2019Higher SOFA scoreMedian SOFA scoreRetrospective cohort studyObstructive pulmonary diseaseOdds of mortalityLower SOFA scoresCells/μLCOVID-19 outcomesCoronavirus disease 2019Logistic regression analysisCOVID-19Clinical confoundersAsthma patientsCohort studyImmunological factorsClinical featuresEvaluation of Plasma Biomarkers to Predict Major Adverse Kidney Events in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19
Menez S, Coca S, Moledina D, Wen Y, Chan L, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Obeid W, Garibaldi B, Azeloglu E, Ugwuowo U, Sperati C, Arend L, Rosenberg A, Kaushal M, Jain S, Wilson F, Parikh C, Consortium T, Deng J, Atta M, Bagnasco S, Ko A, Iwasaki A, Farhadian S, Nelson A, Casanovas-Massana A, White E, Schulz W, Coppi A, Young P, Nunez A, Shepard D, Matos I, Strong Y, Anastasio K, Brower K, Kuang M, Chiorazzi M, Bermejo S, Vijayakumar P, Geng B, Fournier J, Minasyan M, Muenker M, Moore A, Nadkarni G. Evaluation of Plasma Biomarkers to Predict Major Adverse Kidney Events in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19. American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 2023, 82: 322-332.e1. PMID: 37263570, PMCID: PMC10229201, DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2023.03.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSoluble tumor necrosis factor receptor 1Major adverse kidney eventsAdverse kidney eventsAdverse kidney outcomesAcute kidney injuryKidney eventsTumor necrosis factor receptor 1Necrosis factor receptor 1Plasma biomarkersKidney outcomesC-indexFactor receptor 1Hospitalized patientsCOVID-19KDIGO stage 3 acute kidney injuryDialysis-requiring acute kidney injuryStage 3 acute kidney injuryLong-term adverse health outcomesReceptor 1Long-term kidney dysfunctionAvailable blood samplesIdentification of patientsProportional hazards regressionAdverse health outcomesCOVID-19 hospitalization
2021
Prognostic Significance of Urinary Biomarkers in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19
Menez S, Moledina DG, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Wilson FP, Obeid W, Simonov M, Yamamoto Y, Corona-Villalobos CP, Chang C, Garibaldi BT, Clarke W, Farhadian S, Dela Cruz C, Coca SG, Parikh CR, Investigators T, Ko A, Iwasaki A, Farhadian S, Nelson A, Casanovas-Massana A, White E, Schulz W, Coppi A, Young P, Nunez A, Shepard D, Matos I, Strong Y, Anastasio K, Brower K, Kuang M, Chiorazzi M, Bermejo S, Vijayakumar P, Geng B, Fournier J, Minasyan M, Muenker M, Moore A, Nadkarni G. Prognostic Significance of Urinary Biomarkers in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19. American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 2021, 79: 257-267.e1. PMID: 34710516, PMCID: PMC8542781, DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.09.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse kidney outcomesNeutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalinUrinary biomarkersBiomarker levelsKidney outcomesPrimary outcomeClinical AKIKidney injuryComposite outcomeCOVID-19KDIGO stage 3 AKIKidney injury molecule-1Cox proportional hazards regressionEpidermal growth factor levelsStage 3 AKIPrimary composite outcomeInjury molecule-1Kidney disease progressionGelatinase-associated lipocalinAdditional prognostic informationComposite outcome eventsProportional hazards regressionCOVID-19 patientsGrowth factor levelsCoronavirus disease 2019A neutrophil activation signature predicts critical illness and mortality in COVID-19
Meizlish ML, Pine AB, Bishai JD, Goshua G, Nadelmann ER, Simonov M, Chang CH, Zhang H, Shallow M, Bahel P, Owusu K, Yamamoto Y, Arora T, Atri DS, Patel A, Gbyli R, Kwan J, Won CH, Dela Cruz C, Price C, Koff J, King BA, Rinder HM, Wilson FP, Hwa J, Halene S, Damsky W, van Dijk D, Lee AI, Chun HJ. A neutrophil activation signature predicts critical illness and mortality in COVID-19. Blood Advances 2021, 5: 1164-1177. PMID: 33635335, PMCID: PMC7908851, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020003568.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCritical illnessHealth system databaseNeutrophil activationCOVID-19Neutrophil activation signatureSevere COVID-19Intensive care unitGranulocyte colony-stimulating factorHigh mortality rateColony-stimulating factorSystem databaseHepatocyte growth factorClinical decompensationNeutrophil countImmune hyperactivationCare unitEarly elevationLipocalin-2Interleukin-8Longitudinal cohortClinical dataMortality ratePatientsIllnessActivation signature
2020
COVID-19 infections and outcomes in a live registry of heart failure patients across an integrated health care system
Caraballo C, McCullough M, Fuery MA, Chouairi F, Keating C, Ravindra NG, Miller PE, Malinis M, Kashyap N, Hsiao A, Wilson FP, Curtis JP, Grant M, Velazquez EJ, Desai NR, Ahmad T. COVID-19 infections and outcomes in a live registry of heart failure patients across an integrated health care system. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0238829. PMID: 32997657, PMCID: PMC7526909, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238829.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failure patientsIntegrated health care systemHeart Failure RegistryHealth care systemFailure patientsCOVID-19 infectionCare systemCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2 infectionReal-time registryRenin-angiotensin blockersRetrospective chart reviewCoronary artery diseaseRisk of deathCOVID-19 testingAngiotensin blockersMultiple comorbiditiesRespiratory failureChart reviewSymptomatic patientsArtery diseaseHeart failureComorbid conditionsPatient mortalityClinical managementCharacteristics and Outcomes of Individuals With Pre-existing Kidney Disease and COVID-19 Admitted to Intensive Care Units in the United States
Flythe JE, Assimon MM, Tugman MJ, Chang EH, Gupta S, Shah J, Sosa MA, Renaghan AD, Melamed ML, Wilson FP, Neyra JA, Rashidi A, Boyle SM, Anand S, Christov M, Thomas LF, Edmonston D, Leaf DE, Walther C, Anumudu S, Arunthamakun J, Kopecky K, Milligan G, McCullough P, Nguyen T, Shaefi S, Krajewski M, Shankar S, Pannu A, Valencia J, Waikar S, Kibbelaar Z, Athavale A, Hart P, Upadhyay S, Vohra I, Green A, Rachoin J, Schorr C, Shea L, Edmonston D, Mosher C, Shehata A, Cohen Z, Allusson V, Bambrick-Santoyo G, Bhatti N, Mehta B, Williams A, Brenner S, Walters P, Go R, Rose K, Chan L, Mathews K, Coca S, Altman D, Saha A, Soh H, Wen H, Bose S, Leven E, Wang J, Mosoyan G, Nadkarni G, Pattharanitima P, Gallagher E, Friedman A, Guirguis J, Kapoor R, Meshberger C, Kelly K, Parikh C, Garibaldi B, Corona-Villalobos C, Wen Y, Menez S, Malik R, Cervantes C, Gautam S, Mallappallil M, Ouyang J, John S, Yap E, Melaku Y, Mohamed I, Bajracharya S, Puri I, Thaxton M, Bhattacharya J, Wagner J, Boudourakis L, Nguyen H, Ahoubim A, Kashani K, Tehranian S, Thomas L, Sirganagari D, Guru P, Zhou Y, Bergl P, Rodriguez J, Shah J, Gupta M, Kumar P, Lazarous D, Kassaye S, Melamed M, Johns T, Mocerino R, Prudhvi K, Zhu D, Levy R, Azzi Y, Fisher M, Yunes M, Sedaliu K, Golestaneh L, Brogan M, Kumar N, Chang M, Thakkar J, Raichoudhury R, Athreya A, Farag M, Schenck E, Cho S, Plataki M, Alvarez-Mulett S, Gomez-Escobar L, Pan D, Lee S, Krishnan J, Whalen W, Charytan D, Macina A, Chaudhry S, Wu B, Modersitzki F, Srivastava A, Leidner A, Martinez C, Kruser J, Wunderink R, Hodakowski A, Velez J, Price-Haywood E, Matute-Trochez L, Hasty A, Mohamed M, Avasare R, Zonies D, Leaf D, Gupta S, Sise M, Newman E, Abu Omar S, Pokharel K, Sharma S, Singh H, Correa S, Shaukat T, Kamal O, Wang W, Yang H, Boateng J, Lee M, Strohbehn I, Li J, Mueller A, Redfern R, Cairl N, Naimy G, Abu-Saif A, Hall D, Bickley L, Rowan C, Madhani-Lovely F, Peev V, Reiser J, Byun J, Vissing A, Kapania E, Post Z, Patel N, Hermes J, Sutherland A, Patrawalla A, Finkel D, Danek B, Arikapudi S, Paer J, Cangialosi P, Liotta M, Radbel J, Puri S, Sunderram J, Scharf M, Ahmed A, Berim I, Vatson J, Anand S, Levitt J, Garcia P, Boyle S, Song R, Zhang J, Woo S, Deng X, Katz-Greenberg G, Senter K, Sharshir M, Rusnak V, Ali M, Bansal A, Podoll A, Chonchol M, Sharma S, Burnham E, Rashidi A, Hejal R, Judd E, Latta L, Tolwani A, Albertson T, Adams J, Reagan R, Chang S, Beutler R, Monica S, Schulze C, Macedo E, Rhee H, Liu K, Jotwani V, Koyner J, Kunczt A, Shah C, Jaikaransingh V, Toth-Manikowski S, Joo M, Lash J, Neyra J, Chaaban N, Dy R, Iardino A, Au E, Sharma J, Sosa M, Taldone S, Contreras G, De La Zerda D, Gershengorn H, Hayek S, Blakely P, Berlin H, Azam T, Shadid H, Pan M, Hayer P, Meloche C, Feroze R, Kaakati R, Perry D, Bitar A, Anderson E, Padalia K, Donnelly J, Admon A, Flythe J, Tugman M, Chang E, Brown B, Leonberg-Yoo A, Spiardi R, Miano T, Roche M, Vasquez C, Bansal A, Ernecoff N, Kapoor S, Verma S, Chen H, Kovesdy C, Molnar M, Azhar A, Hedayati S, Nadamuni M, Shastri S, Willett D, Short S, Renaghan A, Enfield K, Bhatraju P, Malik A, Semler M, Vijayan A, Joy C, Li T, Goldberg S, Kao P, Schumaker G, Goyal N, Faugno A, Schumaker G, Hsu C, Tariq A, Meyer L, Kshirsagar R, Weiner D, Jose A, Christov M, Griffiths J, Gupta S, Kapoor A, Wilson P, Arora T, Ugwuowo U. Characteristics and Outcomes of Individuals With Pre-existing Kidney Disease and COVID-19 Admitted to Intensive Care Units in the United States. American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 2020, 77: 190-203.e1. PMID: 32961244, PMCID: PMC7501875, DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2020.09.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-existing CKDChronic kidney diseaseIntensive care unitPre-existing kidney diseaseDependent chronic kidney diseaseKidney diseaseICU admissionDialysis patientsCare unitPre-existing chronic kidney diseaseSevere coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) illnessCoronavirus disease 2019 illnessEffective COVID-19 therapiesIll COVID-19 patientsCOVID-19Dependent CKD patientsGray survival modelsMore dialysis patientsSevere COVID-19Acute liver injuryCOVID-19 patientsCOVID-19 therapyOutcomes of individualsCKD patientsHospital mortalityPatient factors associated with SARS‐CoV‐2 in an admitted emergency department population
Haimovich A, Warner F, Young HP, Ravindra NG, Sehanobish A, Gong G, Wilson FP, van Dijk D, Schulz W, Taylor R. Patient factors associated with SARS‐CoV‐2 in an admitted emergency department population. Journal Of The American College Of Emergency Physicians Open 2020, 1: 569-577. PMID: 32838371, PMCID: PMC7280703, DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCOVID-19 positive patientsPatient characteristicsPatient factorsCOVID-19Positive COVID-19 testMultivariable logistic regression modelLow pulse oximetryChronic lung diseaseRetrospective observational studyCOVID-19 test resultsEmergency department patientsPrimary outcome measureEmergency department populationLower leukocyte countsPositive COVID-19 resultHistory of alcoholPositive test resultsSARS-CoV-2 virusSARS-CoV-2COVID-19 testingLogistic regression modelsCOVID-19 testCOVID-19 resultsED cohortNegative patients