Association of Kidney Function With 30-Day and 1-Year Poststroke Mortality and Hospital Readmission
El Husseini N, Fonarow G, Smith E, Ju C, Sheng S, Schwamm L, Hernandez A, Schulte P, Xian Y, Goldstein L. Association of Kidney Function With 30-Day and 1-Year Poststroke Mortality and Hospital Readmission. Stroke 2018, 49: 2896-2903. PMID: 30571413, PMCID: PMC6338440, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.118.022011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPoststroke mortalityIschemic strokeDialysis statusHospital readmissionKidney functionPoststroke outcomesMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsCox proportional hazards modelService Medicare patientsGlomerular filtration rateHospital readmission ratesRisk stratification modelProportional hazards modelEGFR 15Guidelines-StrokeIndex hospitalizationPostdischarge mortalityEGFR 30EGFR 45Readmission ratesRehospitalization ratesCohort studyKidney diseaseFiltration rateIndependent association