Impaired kidney function evaluated with the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation is associated with more severe acute ischemic stroke

Konstantinos Tziomalos; Marina Georgaraki; Stella D Bouziana; Marianna Spanou; Stavroula Kostaki; Stella-Maria Angelopoulou; Maria Papadopoulou; Konstantinos Christou; Christos Savopoulos; Apostolos I Hatzitolios

doi:10.1177/1358863X17720865

Impaired kidney function evaluated with the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation is associated with more severe acute ischemic stroke

Vasc Med. 2017 Oct;22(5):432-434. doi: 10.1177/1358863X17720865. Epub 2017 Aug 4.

Affiliation

¹ First Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

PMID: 28778138
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X17720865

No abstract available

Keywords: Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation; Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation; chronic kidney disease; glomerular filtration rate; ischemic stroke.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Brain Ischemia / diagnosis
Brain Ischemia / mortality
Brain Ischemia / physiopathology*
Brain Ischemia / therapy
Decision Support Techniques*
Female
Glomerular Filtration Rate*
Greece / epidemiology
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Kidney / physiopathology*
Kidney Diseases / diagnosis
Kidney Diseases / mortality
Kidney Diseases / physiopathology*
Kidney Diseases / therapy
Male
Models, Biological*
Predictive Value of Tests
Prevalence
Prospective Studies
Reproducibility of Results
Risk Factors
Severity of Illness Index
Stroke / diagnosis
Stroke / mortality
Stroke / physiopathology*
Stroke / therapy
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome