NBC: Coronavirus Covid vaccination protects against severe kidney damage, study suggests

[SheltieLover]

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-kidneys-damage-vaccine-protect-study-rcna212667

Complications from a Covid infection can harm the heart, brain, lungs and kidneys. A new study finds that patients hospitalized for Covid were less likely to suffer severe kidney damage if they were vaccinated.

Researchers at UCLA Health analyzed electronic medical records at a large academic hospital between March 1, 2020, and March 30, 2022, of approximately 3,500 hospitalized patients, ages 18 and older, and compared hospitalized patients who got at least two primary doses of the Moderna or Pfizer mRNA vaccine or one dose of Johnson & Johnson Janssen vaccine for Covid with hospitalized patients who had not been vaccinated.

The researchers examined which participants developed kidney disease severe enough to require a type of dialysis known as CRRT, or continuous renal replacement therapy. The nonstop dialysis therapy does the work of the kidneys by filtering and removing waste from the blood. It's typically used when a patient is in intensive care, said lead author Dr. Niloofar Nobakht, health sciences clinical associate professor of medicine in nephrology at UCLA Health.

The study found that 16% of unvaccinated patients with Covid were more likely to need CRRT, compared with 11% of vaccinated patients during their hospital admission. Unvaccinated patients were more than two-and-a-half times as likely to need CRRT after leaving the hospital — and also had a much higher risk of dying after being discharged, compared with vaccinated patients.

Much more at link.

[OKIsItJustMe]

1. UCLA Health Press Release Here

I feel the NBC headline is misleading. (In essence, the COVID-19 vaccination helps decrease damage to the kidneys by the virus. — Not terribly surprising.)

https://www.uclahealth.org/news/release/vaccinated-patients-hospitalized-with-covid-linked-acute

Vaccinated patients hospitalized with COVID-linked acute kidney injury less likely to need dialysis, and more likely to survive, after discharge

June 12, 2025

Vaccinated patients hospitalized with COVID-19 who developed acute kidney injury had better outcomes than unvaccinated patients with the same condition, new research suggests. The study found vaccinated patients were less likely to stay on dialysis after discharge, and more likely to survive, than unvaccinated patients.

Acute kidney injury, or AKI, is common among people infected with COVID-19, with rates running as high at 46%. It can lead to a mild decrease in kidney function or, if severe enough, to dialysis. The long-term renal and survival outcomes of these patients, however, has not been well understood.

The findings, to be published June 13 in the peer-reviewed journal Kidney Medicine, suggest that COVID-19 vaccination can reduce long-term kidney function decline and mortality risk, said lead author Dr. Niloofar Nobakht, health sciences clinical associate professor of medicine in the division of nephrology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

“The COVID-19 vaccine is an important intervention that can decrease the chances of developing complications from the COVID-19 infection in patients hospitalized with acute kidney injuries,” Nobakht said. “It is important for individuals to discuss the benefits of getting vaccinated for COVID-19 with their doctors as it can decrease the chances of needing dialysis, which can severely affect the quality of life of patients and lead to further complications including death.”

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[SheltieLover]

2. Ty!

[OKIsItJustMe]

3. My pleasure!

The paper itself does not seem to be available yet.

[Midnight Writer]

4. Not only that, but vaccination is effective in preventing death from COVID.

[SheltieLover]

7. Yup

[mountain grammy]

5. Well Croaky is not gonna like this

I’ll be getting the new vaccine this fall.

[Hornedfrog2000]

6. Anywhere highly vascular is susceptible.

I have seen patients who have psychosis from it too. Im talking people in their 50s and 60s having a first psychotic break. It isnt common, but you see it immediately after having covid. Patients having clots all over their bodies is very common.