Dorsa Jahangiri
1 
, Zahra Mojtahedi
2 , Mohammad Reza Moonesan
3* 1 Independent researcher, 43185 Cardston Place Leesburg Virginia, 20176, USA
2 Department of Health Care Administration and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA
3 Department of Emergency Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
Abstract
In COVID-19 infection, most of the renal disturbances are due to acute tubular necrosis. Renal dysfunction occurs in severe COVID-19 infection and is usually secondary to sepsis, cytokine storm, and hypotension. Other conditions, such as exacerbated inflammatory responses, dehydration, hypoxia, hypercoagulability, endothelial damage, pneumonia, septicemia, drug nephrotoxicity, and myocardial dysfunction also contribute to renal failure.
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:
Acute kidney injury occurs in patients with COVID-19 infection and has been reported to be associated with in-patient hospital mortality.
Please cite this paper as: Jahangiri D, Mojtahedi Z, Moonesan MR. COVID-19 and kidney failure; a mini-review to recent evidence. J Renal Inj Prev. 2022; 11(4): 31971. doi: 10.34172/jrip.2022.31971.