Bilateral renal infarction in a patient with severe COVID-19 infection
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...
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2021-01-01
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| author | Percy Herrera Añazco Fernando Mayor Balta Liz Córdova-Cueva |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bb3ca5ce2b974ac39dfab3eb082926bb2022-12-21T21:23:54ZengSociedade Brasileira de NefrologiaBrazilian Journal of Nephrology2175-82392021-01-0143112713110.1590/2175-8239-jbn-2020-0156Bilateral renal infarction in a patient with severe COVID-19 infectionPercy Herrera Añazcohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0282-6634Fernando Mayor Baltahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2263-1789Liz Córdova-Cuevahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9213-0192Abstract 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.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002021000100127&tlng=ptRenal InfarctionThromboembolismCoronavirus InfectionsSARS-CoV-2KidneyRenal Dialysis |
| spellingShingle | Percy Herrera Añazco Fernando Mayor Balta Liz Córdova-Cueva Bilateral renal infarction in a patient with severe COVID-19 infection Brazilian Journal of Nephrology Renal Infarction Thromboembolism Coronavirus Infections SARS-CoV-2 Kidney Renal Dialysis |
| title | Bilateral renal infarction in a patient with severe COVID-19 infection |
| title_full | Bilateral renal infarction in a patient with severe COVID-19 infection |
| title_fullStr | Bilateral renal infarction in a patient with severe COVID-19 infection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bilateral renal infarction in a patient with severe COVID-19 infection |
| title_short | Bilateral renal infarction in a patient with severe COVID-19 infection |
| title_sort | bilateral renal infarction in a patient with severe covid 19 infection |
| topic | Renal Infarction Thromboembolism Coronavirus Infections SARS-CoV-2 Kidney Renal Dialysis |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002021000100127&tlng=pt |
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