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Renal dysfunction in stroke patients: A hospital-based cohort study and systematic review.
  Background and purpose


Renal dysfunction (i.e. a reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate, eGFR) is commonly found in hospitalized stroke patients but its associations with patients' characteristics and outcome require further investigation.


Methods


We linked clinical data from stroke patients enrolled between 2005 and 2008 into two prospective hospital registers with routine laboratory eGFR data. The eGFR was calculated using the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease method and renal dysfunction was defined as

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    13 March 2014

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Wiley

  • DOI:

    10.1111/ijs.12264

  • ISSN:

    1747-4930

  • Library of Congress:

    RT Nursing

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    616.81 Stroke

Citation

Rowat, A. M., Graham, C., & Dennis, M. S. (2014). Renal dysfunction in stroke patients: A hospital-based cohort study and systematic review. International Journal of Stroke, 9(5), 633-639. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijs.12264

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Keywords

acute stroke; complications; estimated glomerular filtration rate; renal function;

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