2018
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
2016
Renal Dysfunction Is Associated With Poststroke Discharge Disposition and In-Hospital Mortality
El Husseini N, Fonarow G, Smith E, Ju C, Schwamm L, Hernandez A, Schulte P, Xian Y, Goldstein L. Renal Dysfunction Is Associated With Poststroke Discharge Disposition and In-Hospital Mortality. Stroke 2016, 48: 327-334. PMID: 28034963, PMCID: PMC5268130, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.116.014601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital mortalityDischarge dispositionEGFR 15Renal dysfunctionEGFR levelsMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsRenal Disease Study equationCox proportional hazards modelAcute ischemic strokeIn-Hospital MortalityIschemic stroke patientsGlomerular filtration rateModification of DietShort-term outcomesNinth Revision codesProportional hazards modelDemographic factorsGuidelines-StrokeCohort studyEGFR 30EGFR 45Ischemic strokeFrequent comorbiditiesTotal cohortStroke patients