Infective Endocarditis Hospitalizations and Outcomes in Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease: A Nationwide Data-Linkage Study.

ABSTRACT: Background We investigated the clinical features, microbiology, and short- and long-term outcomes of incident infective endocarditis (IE) hospitalizations in patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) requiring dialysis or with a kidney transplant over 25 years in Scotland. Methods and Results In this retrospective, population-based cohort study linking national hospitalization and mortality data, we identified patients with a history of ESKD and hospitalized with IE in Scotland between January 1, 1990 and December 31, 2014. From January 1, 2008, individual IE hospitalizations were additionally linked to national microbiology data. Multivariable logistic regression, adjusting for patient demographics and comorbidities, evaluated the association between ESKD and all-cause death at 1 and

SUBMITTER: Gallacher PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8649148 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature