Use of an extended KDIGO definition to diagnose acute kidney injury in patients with COVID-19: A multinational study using the ISARIC-WHO clinical characterisation protocol.

<h4>Background</h4>Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most common and significant problems in patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, little is known about the incidence and impact of AKI occurring in the community or early in the hospital admission. The traditio...

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Main Authors: Marina Wainstein, Samual MacDonald, Daniel Fryer, Kyle Young, Valeria Balan, Husna Begum, Aidan Burrell, Barbara Wanjiru Citarella, J Perren Cobb, Sadie Kelly, Kalynn Kennon, James Lee, Laura Merson, Srinivas Murthy, Alistair Nichol, Malcolm G Semple, Samantha Strudwick, Steven A Webb, Patrick Rossignol, Rolando Claure-Del Granado, Sally Shrapnel, ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group
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author Marina Wainstein
Samual MacDonald
Daniel Fryer
Kyle Young
Valeria Balan
Husna Begum
Aidan Burrell
Barbara Wanjiru Citarella
J Perren Cobb
Sadie Kelly
Kalynn Kennon
James Lee
James Lee
Laura Merson
Srinivas Murthy
Alistair Nichol
Malcolm G Semple
Samantha Strudwick
Steven A Webb
Patrick Rossignol
Rolando Claure-Del Granado
Sally Shrapnel
ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group
author_facet Marina Wainstein
Samual MacDonald
Daniel Fryer
Kyle Young
Valeria Balan
Husna Begum
Aidan Burrell
Barbara Wanjiru Citarella
J Perren Cobb
Sadie Kelly
Kalynn Kennon
James Lee
James Lee
Laura Merson
Srinivas Murthy
Alistair Nichol
Malcolm G Semple
Samantha Strudwick
Steven A Webb
Patrick Rossignol
Rolando Claure-Del Granado
Sally Shrapnel
ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group
author_sort Marina Wainstein
collection DOAJ
description <h4>Background</h4>Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most common and significant problems in patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, little is known about the incidence and impact of AKI occurring in the community or early in the hospital admission. The traditional Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) definition can fail to identify patients for whom hospitalisation coincides with recovery of AKI as manifested by a decrease in serum creatinine (sCr). We hypothesised that an extended KDIGO (eKDIGO) definition, adapted from the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) 0by25 studies, would identify more cases of AKI in patients with COVID-19 and that these may correspond to community-acquired AKI (CA-AKI) with similarly poor outcomes as previously reported in this population.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>All individuals recruited using the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC)-World Health Organization (WHO) Clinical Characterisation Protocol (CCP) and admitted to 1,609 hospitals in 54 countries with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection from February 15, 2020 to February 1, 2021 were included in the study. Data were collected and analysed for the duration of a patient's admission. Incidence, staging, and timing of AKI were evaluated using a traditional and eKDIGO definition, which incorporated a commensurate decrease in sCr. Patients within eKDIGO diagnosed with AKI by a decrease in sCr were labelled as deKDIGO. Clinical characteristics and outcomes-intensive care unit (ICU) admission, invasive mechanical ventilation, and in-hospital death-were compared for all 3 groups of patients. The relationship between eKDIGO AKI and in-hospital death was assessed using survival curves and logistic regression, adjusting for disease severity and AKI susceptibility. A total of 75,670 patients were included in the final analysis cohort. Median length of admission was 12 days (interquartile range [IQR] 7, 20). There were twice as many patients with AKI identified by eKDIGO than KDIGO (31.7% versus 16.8%). Those in the eKDIGO group had a greater proportion of stage 1 AKI (58% versus 36% in KDIGO patients). Peak AKI occurred early in the admission more frequently among eKDIGO than KDIGO patients. Compared to those without AKI, patients in the eKDIGO group had worse renal function on admission, more in-hospital complications, higher rates of ICU admission (54% versus 23%) invasive ventilation (45% versus 15%), and increased mortality (38% versus 19%). Patients in the eKDIGO group had a higher risk of in-hospital death than those without AKI (adjusted odds ratio: 1.78, 95% confidence interval: 1.71 to 1.80, p-value < 0.001). Mortality and rate of ICU admission were lower among deKDIGO than KDIGO patients (25% versus 50% death and 35% versus 70% ICU admission) but significantly higher when compared to patients with no AKI (25% versus 19% death and 35% versus 23% ICU admission) (all p-values <5 × 10-5). Limitations include ad hoc sCr sampling, exclusion of patients with less than two sCr measurements, and limited availability of sCr measurements prior to initiation of acute dialysis.<h4>Conclusions</h4>An extended KDIGO definition of AKI resulted in a significantly higher detection rate in this population. These additional cases of AKI occurred early in the hospital admission and were associated with worse outcomes compared to patients without AKI.
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spelling doaj-art-0ed3aee6ed2e4eb8813397b11c4864ff2025-08-20T03:25:42ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Medicine1549-12771549-16762022-04-01194e100396910.1371/journal.pmed.1003969Use of an extended KDIGO definition to diagnose acute kidney injury in patients with COVID-19: A multinational study using the ISARIC-WHO clinical characterisation protocol.Marina WainsteinSamual MacDonaldDaniel FryerKyle YoungValeria BalanHusna BegumAidan BurrellBarbara Wanjiru CitarellaJ Perren CobbSadie KellyKalynn KennonJames LeeJames LeeLaura MersonSrinivas MurthyAlistair NicholMalcolm G SempleSamantha StrudwickSteven A WebbPatrick RossignolRolando Claure-Del GranadoSally ShrapnelISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group<h4>Background</h4>Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most common and significant problems in patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, little is known about the incidence and impact of AKI occurring in the community or early in the hospital admission. The traditional Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) definition can fail to identify patients for whom hospitalisation coincides with recovery of AKI as manifested by a decrease in serum creatinine (sCr). We hypothesised that an extended KDIGO (eKDIGO) definition, adapted from the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) 0by25 studies, would identify more cases of AKI in patients with COVID-19 and that these may correspond to community-acquired AKI (CA-AKI) with similarly poor outcomes as previously reported in this population.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>All individuals recruited using the International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium (ISARIC)-World Health Organization (WHO) Clinical Characterisation Protocol (CCP) and admitted to 1,609 hospitals in 54 countries with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection from February 15, 2020 to February 1, 2021 were included in the study. Data were collected and analysed for the duration of a patient's admission. Incidence, staging, and timing of AKI were evaluated using a traditional and eKDIGO definition, which incorporated a commensurate decrease in sCr. Patients within eKDIGO diagnosed with AKI by a decrease in sCr were labelled as deKDIGO. Clinical characteristics and outcomes-intensive care unit (ICU) admission, invasive mechanical ventilation, and in-hospital death-were compared for all 3 groups of patients. The relationship between eKDIGO AKI and in-hospital death was assessed using survival curves and logistic regression, adjusting for disease severity and AKI susceptibility. A total of 75,670 patients were included in the final analysis cohort. Median length of admission was 12 days (interquartile range [IQR] 7, 20). There were twice as many patients with AKI identified by eKDIGO than KDIGO (31.7% versus 16.8%). Those in the eKDIGO group had a greater proportion of stage 1 AKI (58% versus 36% in KDIGO patients). Peak AKI occurred early in the admission more frequently among eKDIGO than KDIGO patients. Compared to those without AKI, patients in the eKDIGO group had worse renal function on admission, more in-hospital complications, higher rates of ICU admission (54% versus 23%) invasive ventilation (45% versus 15%), and increased mortality (38% versus 19%). Patients in the eKDIGO group had a higher risk of in-hospital death than those without AKI (adjusted odds ratio: 1.78, 95% confidence interval: 1.71 to 1.80, p-value < 0.001). Mortality and rate of ICU admission were lower among deKDIGO than KDIGO patients (25% versus 50% death and 35% versus 70% ICU admission) but significantly higher when compared to patients with no AKI (25% versus 19% death and 35% versus 23% ICU admission) (all p-values <5 × 10-5). Limitations include ad hoc sCr sampling, exclusion of patients with less than two sCr measurements, and limited availability of sCr measurements prior to initiation of acute dialysis.<h4>Conclusions</h4>An extended KDIGO definition of AKI resulted in a significantly higher detection rate in this population. These additional cases of AKI occurred early in the hospital admission and were associated with worse outcomes compared to patients without AKI.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003969
spellingShingle Marina Wainstein
Samual MacDonald
Daniel Fryer
Kyle Young
Valeria Balan
Husna Begum
Aidan Burrell
Barbara Wanjiru Citarella
J Perren Cobb
Sadie Kelly
Kalynn Kennon
James Lee
James Lee
Laura Merson
Srinivas Murthy
Alistair Nichol
Malcolm G Semple
Samantha Strudwick
Steven A Webb
Patrick Rossignol
Rolando Claure-Del Granado
Sally Shrapnel
ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Group
Use of an extended KDIGO definition to diagnose acute kidney injury in patients with COVID-19: A multinational study using the ISARIC-WHO clinical characterisation protocol.
PLoS Medicine
title Use of an extended KDIGO definition to diagnose acute kidney injury in patients with COVID-19: A multinational study using the ISARIC-WHO clinical characterisation protocol.
title_full Use of an extended KDIGO definition to diagnose acute kidney injury in patients with COVID-19: A multinational study using the ISARIC-WHO clinical characterisation protocol.
title_fullStr Use of an extended KDIGO definition to diagnose acute kidney injury in patients with COVID-19: A multinational study using the ISARIC-WHO clinical characterisation protocol.
title_full_unstemmed Use of an extended KDIGO definition to diagnose acute kidney injury in patients with COVID-19: A multinational study using the ISARIC-WHO clinical characterisation protocol.
title_short Use of an extended KDIGO definition to diagnose acute kidney injury in patients with COVID-19: A multinational study using the ISARIC-WHO clinical characterisation protocol.
title_sort use of an extended kdigo definition to diagnose acute kidney injury in patients with covid 19 a multinational study using the isaric who clinical characterisation protocol
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003969
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