To the Editor:The global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)is not under control,and COVID-19 has affected1 tens of millions of people worldwide.Although the main features of COVID-19 are diffuse alveolar d...To the Editor:The global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)is not under control,and COVID-19 has affected1 tens of millions of people worldwide.Although the main features of COVID-19 are diffuse alveolar damage and acute respiratory failure,damage to other organs is also of concern because these patients tend to have more severe symptoms and worse prognosis.In this article,we briefly review the characteristics of kidney involvement in COVID-19 and the impact of kidney injury on prognosis of the disease,in order to better understand the COVID-19 epidemic from the perspective of a nephrologist.展开更多
基金the Open Fund of National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases(No.NCRCC-PLAGH-2018012 and ZXBJ2001)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Youth program No.81600655)Health Care Program Foundation of PLA General Hospital(Key Project No.NLBJ-2019006).
文摘To the Editor:The global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)is not under control,and COVID-19 has affected1 tens of millions of people worldwide.Although the main features of COVID-19 are diffuse alveolar damage and acute respiratory failure,damage to other organs is also of concern because these patients tend to have more severe symptoms and worse prognosis.In this article,we briefly review the characteristics of kidney involvement in COVID-19 and the impact of kidney injury on prognosis of the disease,in order to better understand the COVID-19 epidemic from the perspective of a nephrologist.
