Interestingly, the same analysis found a nominal association between steroid use and kidney recovery, though it did not reach statistical significance; in a separate recent study, steroid use was associated with reduced risk for AKI progression. 19 The observed association of steroid use with better kidney outcomes should be more systematically explored in subsequent larger clinical/epidemiologic investigations.
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Kidney Recovery and Death in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19-Associated Acute Kidney Injury Treated With Dialysis: The STOP-COVID Cohort Study.
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