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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 levelsPersonalised recommendations for hospitalised patients with Acute Kidney Injury using a Kidney Action Team (KAT-AKI): protocol and early data of a randomised controlled trial
Aklilu A, O’Connor K, Martin M, Yamamoto Y, Coronel-Moreno C, Shvets K, Jones C, Kadhim B, Corona-Villalobos C, Baker M, Tan J, Freeman N, Groener M, Menez S, Brown D, Culli S, Lindsley J, Orias M, Parikh C, Smith A, Sundararajan A, Wilson F. Personalised recommendations for hospitalised patients with Acute Kidney Injury using a Kidney Action Team (KAT-AKI): protocol and early data of a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 2023, 13: e071968. PMID: 37068906, PMCID: PMC10111926, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-071968.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary teamAcute Kidney Injury OutcomesAKI alert systemInvestigator-blinded trialUsual care armKey secondary outcomesClinical decision support toolIntensive care unitUS hospital systemAKI alertsAKI detectionAKI progressionCare armSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeCare unitMedian timeMedical floorPercentage of recommendationsDiagnostic interventionsInjury outcomesRandomisationHospital systemEthics CommitteeDedicated team
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute Kidney InjuryBiomarkersCOVID-19CreatinineHumansLipocalin-2PrognosisProspective StudiesSARS-CoV-2ConceptsAdverse 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 2019Predicting patients with false negative SARS-CoV-2 testing at hospital admission: A retrospective multi-center study
Ghazi L, Simonov M, Mansour SG, Moledina DG, Greenberg JH, Yamamoto Y, Biswas A, Wilson FP. Predicting patients with false negative SARS-CoV-2 testing at hospital admission: A retrospective multi-center study. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0251376. PMID: 33979353, PMCID: PMC8115794, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251376.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionHours of hospitalizationReceiver operator characteristicAdult patientsNegative SARS-CoV-2 testYale New Haven Health SystemLower white blood cell countAvailable electronic health record dataRetrospective multi-center studySARS-CoV-2 positivityWhite blood cell countSARS-CoV-2 testSARS-CoV-2 testingPositive COVID testHospitalized adult patientsRetrospective cohort studyPopulation of patientsElectronic health record dataBlood cell countVital sign abnormalitiesMulti-center studyFalse-negative testingHealth record dataSARS-CoV-2 virusSARS-CoV-2A Comparison Study of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outcomes in Hospitalized Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Mansour SG, Malhotra D, Simonov M, Yamamoto Y, Arora T, Subair L, Alausa J, Moledina DG, Greenberg JH, Wilson FP, Marin EP. A Comparison Study of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outcomes in Hospitalized Kidney Transplant Recipients. Kidney360 2021, 2: 494-506. PMID: 35369023, PMCID: PMC8786009, DOI: 10.34067/kid.0005652020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKidney transplant recipientsHospital complicationsVasopressor useSARS-CoV-2Baseline eGFRTransplant recipientsElixhauser scoreBlack raceSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outcomesRespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2High ferritin levelsSyndrome coronavirus 2High rateElectronic health recordsFerritin levelsComparator groupCoronavirus 2Higher oddsViral infectionLarger sample sizeHigh mortalityComplicationsAKIA 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 mortalityDevelopment and Validation of the Quick COVID-19 Severity Index: A Prognostic Tool for Early Clinical Decompensation
Haimovich AD, Ravindra NG, Stoytchev S, Young HP, Wilson FP, van Dijk D, Schulz WL, Taylor RA. Development and Validation of the Quick COVID-19 Severity Index: A Prognostic Tool for Early Clinical Decompensation. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2020, 76: 442-453. PMID: 33012378, PMCID: PMC7373004, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2020.07.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedBetacoronavirusClinical Laboratory TechniquesCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19COVID-19 TestingEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOxygen Inhalation TherapyPandemicsPneumonia, ViralRespiratory InsufficiencyRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSARS-CoV-2Severity of Illness IndexYoung AdultConceptsCOVID-19 Severity IndexQuick COVID-19 severity indexQuick Sequential Organ Failure AssessmentSequential Organ Failure AssessmentOrgan Failure AssessmentHours of admissionRespiratory failureSeverity IndexScoring systemSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Bedside scoring systemOxygen requirementPneumonia severity scoresHours of hospitalizationElixhauser Comorbidity IndexEmergency department patientsSeverity Index scoreCOVID-19 patientsSyndrome coronavirus 2Coronavirus disease 2019Failure AssessmentSimple scoring systemIndependent test cohort