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World J Virol. Sep 25, 2022; 11(5): 283-292
Published online Sep 25, 2022. doi: 10.5501/wjv.v11.i5.283
Acute kidney injury and electrolyte disorders in COVID-19
Gabriel Martins Nogueira, Noel Lucas Oliveira Rodrigues Silva, Ana Flávia Moura, Marcelo Augusto Duarte Silveira, José A Moura-Neto
Gabriel Martins Nogueira, Noel Lucas Oliveira Rodrigues Silva, Ana Flávia Moura, José A Moura-Neto, Department of Medicine, Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Salvador 40290-000, Bahia, Brazil
Marcelo Augusto Duarte Silveira, Department of Nephrology, D’Or Institute for Research and Education, Hospital São Rafael, Salvador 41253900, Bahia, Brazil
Author contributions: Nogueira GM and Silva NLOR collected and read the literature; Nogueira GM wrote the section on acute kidney injury; Silva NLOR wrote the section on electrolyte disorders; Moura AF, Silveira MAD, and Moura-Neto JA reviewed the article.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare no conflicts of interest for this article.
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Corresponding author: José A Moura-Neto, MD, FASN Professor, Department of Medicine, Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Av. Dom Joao VI, Salvador 40290-000, Bahia, Brazil. jamouraneto@hotmail.com
Received: March 31, 2022
Peer-review started: March 31, 2022
First decision: June 16, 2022
Revised: June 30, 2022
Accepted: August 22, 2022
Article in press: August 22, 2022
Published online: September 25, 2022
Core Tip

Core Tip: Acute kidney injury and electrolyte disorders are frequent clinical complications in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019, being directly related to the severity of the disease and increasing the mortality.