Table 4.
Recording of renal disease as a cause of deatha following pneumonia among patients with reduced eGFR
| eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) | Deaths within 28 days of pneumonia onset |
Deaths within 90 days of pneumonia onset |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | N18 CKD, n (%) | Renal disease,b n (%) | Total | N18 CKD, n (%) | Renal disease,b n (%) | |
| <15 | 8 | 6 (75.0) | 7 (87.5) | 8 | 6 (75.0) | 7 (87.5) |
| 15–29 | 109 | 19 (17.4) | 41 (37.6) | 139 | 26 (18.7) | 53 (38.1) |
| 30–44 | 275 | 14 (5.1) | 2 (15.3) | 347 | 20 (5.8) | 56 (16.1) |
| 35–59 | 332 | 8 (2.4) | 27 (8.1) | 419 | 10 (2.4) | 36 (8.6) |
| Total | 724 | 47 (6.5) | 77 (10.6) | 913 | 62 (6.8) | 152 (16.6) |
aDeaths prior to 2001 were recorded using ICD-9 codes and have not been included.
bAny ICD-10 code from Chapter XIV ‘Diseases of the genitourinary system’ except N10 ‘Acute tubule-interstitial nephritis’, which is used for pyelonephritis, N30 ‘Cystitis’, N34 ‘Urethritis’ or N39.0 ‘Urinary tract infection, site not specified’.