id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-256746-ggnd8y06 Flythe, Jennifer E. Characteristics and Outcomes of Individuals With Pre-existing Kidney Disease and COVID-19 Admitted to Intensive Care Units in the United States 2020-09-19 .txt text/plain 4368 211 38 PREDICTOR(S): Presence (versus absence) of pre-existing kidney disease OUTCOME(S): In-hospital mortality (primary); respiratory failure, shock, ventricular arrhythmia/ cardiac arrest, thromboembolic event, major bleed, and acute liver injury (secondary) ANALYTICAL APPROACH: We used standardized differences to compare patient characteristics (values >0.10 indicate a meaningful difference between groups) and multivariable adjusted Fine and Gray survival models to examine outcome associations. In this study of over 4,200 critically ill adult patients admitted to 68 U.S. ICUs with COVID-19, we found that having pre-existing kidney disease was associated with higher inhospital mortality rates, with the strength of this association varying by degree of baseline kidney dysfunction. Association between pre-existing kidney disease and 14-day in-hospital outcomes among critically ill COVID-19 patients J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f Supplemental Table S8 . ./cache/cord-256746-ggnd8y06.txt ./txt/cord-256746-ggnd8y06.txt