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: Received: 27 June 2023 / Approved: 27 June 2023 / Online: 27 June 2023 (07:20:09 CEST)
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Assis, G. M. C. C. D.; Veiga, I. G. D.; Reis, R. D. N. R.; Menezes, D. C. D.; Xavier, S. S.; Sousa, J. R. D.; Quaresma, J. A. S.; Falcão, L. F. M.; Lima, P. D. L. D. Investigation of Renal Function in Patients with Long COVID in the Amazon Region: A Cross-Sectional Study. Preprints2023, 2023061854. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1854.v1
Assis, G. M. C. C. D.; Veiga, I. G. D.; Reis, R. D. N. R.; Menezes, D. C. D.; Xavier, S. S.; Sousa, J. R. D.; Quaresma, J. A. S.; Falcão, L. F. M.; Lima, P. D. L. D. Investigation of Renal Function in Patients with Long COVID in the Amazon Region: A Cross-Sectional Study. Preprints 2023, 2023061854. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1854.v1
Assis, G. M. C. C. D.; Veiga, I. G. D.; Reis, R. D. N. R.; Menezes, D. C. D.; Xavier, S. S.; Sousa, J. R. D.; Quaresma, J. A. S.; Falcão, L. F. M.; Lima, P. D. L. D. Investigation of Renal Function in Patients with Long COVID in the Amazon Region: A Cross-Sectional Study. Preprints2023, 2023061854. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1854.v1
APA Style
Assis, G. M. C. C. D., Veiga, I. G. D., Reis, R. D. N. R., Menezes, D. C. D., Xavier, S. S., Sousa, J. R. D., Quaresma, J. A. S., Falcão, L. F. M., & Lima, P. D. L. D. (2023). Investigation of Renal Function in Patients with Long COVID in the Amazon Region: A Cross-Sectional Study. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1854.v1
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Assis, G. M. C. C. D., Luiz Fábio Magno Falcão and Patrícia Danielle Lima de Lima. 2023 "Investigation of Renal Function in Patients with Long COVID in the Amazon Region: A Cross-Sectional Study" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1854.v1
Abstract
Long coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may occur after experiencing acute COVID-19 infec-tion with many effects on patients´ kidneys. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical and labora-tory aspects of kidney function in individuals with long COVID in the Amazon region of Brazil. This cross-sectional study selected participants from a ‘long COVID’ clinical care program. Clini-cal data and baseline demographics were obtained, and blood samples were collected to quantify kidney-related markers. Patients were evaluated after COVID-19 infection at several time points as follows: 0–3 months, 3–6 months, 6–12 months, and 12 months. Altogether, 246 patients were selected for this study, and only 79 were hospitalised (9 in the intensive care unit because of COVID-19. Of the patients, 38 were diagnosed with hypertension after COVID-19, 52 cases had to have their medications adjusted, and 83 patients presented with kidney function decline. The older age group and individuals with glycaemic alterations presented with a higher risk of devel-oping kidney dysfunction. Therefore, health professionals should monitor long-term kidney mark-ers in long COVID.
Keywords
SARS-CoV-2; COVID -19; Chronic Kidney Disease; Long COVID; Acute Kidney Injury; Amazon region; Kidney function tests
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Urology and Nephrology
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