key: cord-0721397-0tohz70l
authors: Stockmann, H.; Hardenberg, J.-H.B.; Aigner, A.; Hinze, C.; Gotthardt, I.; Stier, B.; Eckardt, K.-U.; Schmidt-Ott, K.M.; Enghard, P.
title: High rates of long-term renal recovery in survivors of COVID-19-associated acute kidney injury requiring kidney replacement therapy
date: 2021-01-27
journal: Kidney Int
DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.01.005
sha: 76e51396a9677aa4d6510c86e77398b71703d950
doc_id: 721397
cord_uid: 0tohz70l

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To the editor:

While acute kidney injury requiring kidney replacement therapy (AKI-KRT) is an important and severe complication in COVID-19 patients, data on its long-term outcomes are currently limited. Previous studies reported that 65-70% of patients with AKI-KRT had recovered from dialysis dependency at the time of hospital discharge. 1,2 However, long-term renal outcomes are unknown, since post-hospital follow-up after COVID-19-associated AKI in previous studies was limited to short observational periods. 1, 3 We retrospectively analyzed renal outcomes in 74 hospitalized COVID-19 patients with AKI-KRT in a large tertiary care center in Berlin, Germany, between March and June 2020. Patients were predominantly male (74.3%), median age was 65 years and median baseline eGFR was 76.5 ml/min/1.73m 2 (Supplemental Table) . All patients were treated in intensive care units 

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