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Acute Kidney Injury Among Patients with Drug Overdose-Involved Hospitalizations - United States, 2016-2025.

Article C Peer reviewed Observational

Key takeaways

This report looked at hospital records from 2016 to 2025. It found that 34.5% of people admitted for a drug overdose also had acute kidney injury. That is a sudden, serious drop in kidney function. The study shows a strong link between overdose and kidney damage, but it does not prove that the overdose caused the injury in every case.

Who did this work

Han S · Xu F · Xie H · Guy G · Pavkov ME

Source

Article · PubMed, CKD progression and prevention · 2026 Oct 22
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42911875/