Dialysis‐requiring acute kidney injury among hospitalized adults with documented hepatitis C Virus infection: a nationwide inpatient sample analysis. Issue 1 (20th July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nadkarni, G. N.; Patel, A.; Simoes, P. K.; Yacoub, R.; Annapureddy, N.; Kamat, S.; Konstantinidis, I.; Perumalswami, P.; Branch, A.; Coca, S. G.; Wyatt, C. M.
• Is Part Of: Journal of viral hepatitis. Volume 23:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 32
• Page End: 38
• Publication Date: 2015-07-20
• Subjects: acute kidney injury -- dialysis -- hepatitis C -- mortality; Hepatitis, Viral -- Periodicals; Hepatitis, Viral, Animal; Hepatitis, Viral, Human; 616.3623
• DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12437
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1352-0504

Abstract

Summary: Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection may cause kidney injury, particularly in the setting of cryoglobulinemia or cirrhosis; however, few studies have evaluated the epidemiology of acute kidney injury in patients with HCV. We aimed to describe national temporal trends of incidence and impact of severe acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring renal replacement 'dialysis‐requiring AKI' in hospitalized adults with HCV. We extracted our study cohort from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project using data from 2004 to 2012. We defined HCV and dialysis‐requiring acute kidney injury based on previously validated ICD‐9‐CM codes. We analysed temporal changes in the proportion of hospitalizations complicated by dialysis‐requiring AKI and utilized survey multivariable logistic regression models to estimate its impact on in‐hospital mortality. We identified a total of 4 603 718 adult hospitalizations with an associated diagnosis of HCV from 2004 to 2012, of which 51 434 (1.12%) were complicated by dialysis‐requiring acute kidney injury. The proportion of hospitalizations complicated by dialysis‐requiring acute kidney injury increased significantly from 0.86% in 2004 to 1.28% in 2012. In‐hospital mortality was significantly higher in hospitalizations complicated by dialysis‐requiring acute kidney injury vs those without (27.38% vs 2.95%; adjusted odds ratio: 2.09; 95% confidence interval: 1.74–2.51). The proportion of HCV hospitalizations complicated by dialysis‐requiring acute kidney injury increased significantly between 2004 and 2012. Similar to observations in the general population, dialysis‐requiring acute kidney injury was associated with a twofold increase in odds of in‐hospital mortality in adults with HCV. These results highlight the burden of acute kidney injury in hospitalized adults with HCV infection.