Association of Kidney Function With 30-Day and 1-Year Poststroke Mortality and Hospital Readmission.

ABSTRACT: Background and Purpose- Kidney dysfunction is common among patients hospitalized for ischemic stroke. Understanding the association of kidney disease with poststroke outcomes is important to properly adjust for case mix in outcome studies, payment models and risk-standardized hospital readmission rates. Methods- In this cohort study of fee-for-service Medicare patients admitted with ischemic stroke to 1579 Get With The Guidelines-Stroke participating hospitals between 2009 and 2014, adjusted multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were used to determine the independent associations of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and dialysis status with 30-day and 1-year postdischarge mortality and rehospitalizations. Results- Of 204 652 patients discharged alive (median age [25th-75t

SUBMITTER: El Husseini N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6338440 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature