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

Abstract

Pneumonia is a serious complication in CKD patients. Independent factors for mortality are older age and cardiac complications, whereas prior pneumococcal vaccination and leucokytosis at hospital admission are protective factors. These findings should encourage physicians to increase pneumococcal vaccine coverage among CKD patients.

Association between renal dysfunction and 3-year mortality in patients with acute first-ever ischemic stroke

“…The incidence of stroke associated with pneumonia ranges from 2.9% to 25% [42]. Patients with CKD were more likely to have severe pneumonia compared to non-CKD patients [43]. The incidence of UTI during acute stroke stage was about 10.1%, which was the most common complication during hospitalization.…”

Immunosuppressant dose reduction and long-term rejection risk in renal transplant recipients with severe bacterial pneumonia

“…(14) Viasus et al found that mortality due to pneumonia was higher in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) than in non-CKD patients (15.8% vs 8.3%). (15) insufficiency were associated with high risks of opportunistic infection, especially P. jirovecii pneumonia. (17) Our study, which also focused on severe bacterial pneumonia in RTRs, showed that renal function was a significant short-term mortality determinant in such patients.…”

“…(15) This may partly be due to the presence of multiple comorbidities and alterations of the immune system in the CKD patient population. In our study cohort, in-hospital mortality was 45.5%, which was close to a predicted mortality of 60.5%, as derived from the APACHE II scores.…”

Assessment of Respiratory Complications Associated with End Stage Renal Disease in Northern Saudi Arabia

“…Infection is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with CKD in many populations [15]. The complicated associations between CKD, infection, and cardiovascular diseases limit explanation of the direction of any causal association between CKD and infection [16].…”