Title
Bilateral renal infarction in a patient with severe COVID-19 infection
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
NLM (Medline)
Abstract
Thromboembolic events are frequent in patients with COVID-19 infection, and no cases of bilateral renal infarctions have been reported. We present the case of a 41-year-old female patient with diabetes mellitus and obesity who attended the emergency department for low back pain, respiratory failure associated with COVID-19 pneumonia, diabetic ketoacidosis, and shock. The patient had acute kidney injury and required hemodialysis. Contrast abdominal tomography showed bilateral renal infarction and anticoagulation was started. Kidney infarction cases require high diagnostic suspicion and possibility of starting anticoagulation.
Start page
127
End page
131
Volume
43
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Urología, Nefrología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85105693768
PubMed ID
Source
Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia
ISSN of the container
21758239
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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