In a new study published, individuals who had acute renal injury and were hospitalized with COVID-19 and vaccinated fared better than those who did not.

According to a study conducted by experts at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), patients who had previously received vaccinations had a higher chance of surviving and were less likely to remain on dialysis after being discharged.

Acute kidney injury, often known as AKI, is prevalent among Covid-19 patients, with rates as high as 46%. It may result in dialysis if the impairment is severe enough or in a mild decline in kidney function. However, nothing is known about these individuals’ long-term renal and survival results.

The Covid vaccination may reduce the risk of death and long-term decline in kidney function, according study published in the peer-reviewed journal Kidney Medicine.

Dr. Niloofar Nobakht, an associate professor of medicine at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine stated, “the Covid 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.”

“People should talk to their doctors about the advantages of getting vaccinated against COVID-19 because it can reduce the likelihood of needing dialysis, which can significantly impair patients’ quality of life and cause additional complications, including death,” Nobakht continued.

Between March 1, 2020, and March 30, 2022, the researchers examined approximately 3,500 hospitalized individuals with COVID-19.

972 of those individuals experienced acute kidney impairment; 411 (42.3%) were not vaccinated, while 467 (48%) had received one dose of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccination or at least two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccines.

They discovered that 51 (10.9%) vaccinated patients were less likely than 65 (15.8%) unvaccinated patients to require continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), a type of dialysis for critically ill patients.

Furthermore, unvaccinated patients were 4.78 times more likely to die during long-term follow-up, 5.54 times more likely to die in the hospital, and 2.56 times more likely to require CRRT after being discharged from the hospital than vaccinated patients.