COVID-19-INDUCED ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN CRITICAL PATIENTS: WHAT DOES THE LITERATURE SAY?

Objective: to identify through the literature the relationship between acute kidney injury (AKI) and COVID-19 in critically ill patients. Method: integrative literature review, with selection of articles published between 2020 and 2021 in the Virtual Health Library databases: LILACS, SCIELO, PUBMED. Through the descriptors "Acute Kidney Injury" AND "Coronavirus-19" AND "Intensive Care Unit". Results: the study consisted of a cut of 12 publications. Studies in general point out that AKI in the context of COVID-19, is of multifactorial cause, however there is no consensus on this statement, since some studies point out that COVID-19 directly contributes to new cases of AKI in critically ill patients due to to the cytokine cascade present in the pathology, which was not confirmed by all studies. Conclusion: this review showed that AKI is a complication present in critically ill patients with Covid-19. The studies found demonstrate that the subject still needs to be further explored so that the relationship between COVID-19 and AKI is clarified.