Epidemiology, clinical features and outcomes of pneumonia in patients with chronic kidney disease

Background. Although infection remains among the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), data on epidemiology, clinical features and outcomes of pneumonia in this population are scarce. Methods. Observational analysis of a prospective cohort of ho...

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Published in:Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation dialysis, transplantation, 2011-09, Vol.26 (9), p.2899-2906
Main Authors: Viasus, Diego, Garcia-Vidal, Carolina, Cruzado, Josep M., Adamuz, Jordi, Verdaguer, Ricard, Manresa, Frederic, Dorca, Jordi, Gudiol, Francesc, Carratalà, Jordi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Cohort Studies
Emergency and intensive care: renal failure. Dialysis management
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Glomerular Filtration Rate
Humans
Intensive care medicine
Kidney Failure, Chronic - complications
Kidney Failure, Chronic - epidemiology
Kidney Failure, Chronic - pathology
Kidneys
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases
Pneumonia - epidemiology
Pneumonia - etiology
Pneumonia - pathology
Prognosis
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Spain - epidemiology
Tumors of the urinary system
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Summary:Background. Although infection remains among the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), data on epidemiology, clinical features and outcomes of pneumonia in this population are scarce. Methods. Observational analysis of a prospective cohort of hospitalized adults with pneumonia, between 13 February 1995 and 30 April 2010, in a tertiary teaching hospital. CKD patients, defined as patients with a baseline glomerular filtration rate
ISSN:0931-0509
1460-2385
DOI:10.1093/ndt/gfq798