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Since the coronavirus went to the United States earlier this year, New York City was its epicenter with 208,000 confirmed cases and more than 17 100 deaths.According to a new study, people infected with the Big Apple virus also experience a maximum medical complication of other cities and countries: renal insufficiency.

According to a new single-center study of the researchers of Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Newyork-Presbyterian published in theBritish medical newspaperCovid-19 patients who end up in hospital have a much larger chance to suffer from renal complications, which is probably because of their increased probability of having pre-existing conditions.

34% Developed a kidney injury

Researchers reviewed electronic health records of the first 1,000 Covid-19 patients treated in Newyork-Presbyterian / Columbia Irving Medical Center between March 1 and April 5, 2020. They found that more than one third-34% - Admitted to the developed hospital acute renal lesion. These are more than 15% of patients recently reported in China and are also significantly higher than 19%, according to a recent Washington state report. As for coronavirus patients who ended up with the ICU, a height of 80% developed an acute kidney injury.

The researchers also found that New York City patients had higher rates of pre-existing conditions than other populations, including 60% with hypertension and 37% of diabetes. They also noted that more than half of hospitalized patients were men and median age was 63 years.

"Patients admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 at this medical center have faced major morbidity and mortality, with high rates of acute kidney injury and hospital dialysis, prolonged intubations and a Bimodal distribution of time in the intubation of the appearance of symptoms ", concluded researchers.

"Describe our Patient population Covid-19 is the first step in identifying important risk factors to have a severe disease"George Hripcsak, MD, MS, President and Vivian Beaumont Allen Professor of Biomedical Informatics in Columbia Viterelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Co-correspondent author of the study, saidAccompanying press release. "Additional studies are needed to tease what actually causes the differences we have seen in our population compared to other populations."

An alternative study published inDailyRealized by a team at Northwell Health, the largest health care provider in New York State, similar conclusions reported when analyzing New York State data. "We have found that in the 5,449 patients of 5,449 first patients admitted, 36.6% have developed an acute kidney injury", "Co-author Dr. Kenar Jhaveri, Chief of Nephrology associated with Hofstra / Northwell in great neck, in New York,Reutersin May.

What are the signs that your kidneys are damaged?

The key signs that a coronavirus patient suffers from renal problems involves diagnostic work, according toJohns Hopkins Medicine. High levels of protein in urine and abnormal blood jobs may indicate damage, which can be serious enough to require dialysis.

In general, symptoms of acute renal failure can include a decrease in urine production, a fluid retention, causing swelling in your legs, ankles or feet, shortness of breath, fatigue, confusion, nausea , weakness, irregular heartbeat, chest pain or pressure and convulsions. In serious cases, byThe Mayo Clinic.

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