The Inside Story: How New York Nephrologists, National Suppliers Made Creative Adaptations to Cope with COVID-19 Surge | Kidney News
As COVID-19 patients began to flood New York City area hospitals in February, they developed acute kidney injury (AKI) at rates much higher than anyone expected from a respiratory virus. By mid-April, the need for renal replacement therapy in these patients was pushing the system to the breaking point, as healthcare providers and manufacturers scrambled to find equipment and