Blood creatinine and urea nitrogen at ICU admission and the risk of in-hospital death and 1-year mortality in patients with intracranial hemorrhage

Abstract

Our results supported the hypothesis that elevated blood creatinine and urea nitrogen levels on admission are associated with an increased risk of in-hospital death and 1-year mortality in patients with intracranial hemorrhage. Interestingly, these independent relationships existed only for lower levels of serum creatinine (<1.9 mg/dL) and uric acid (<29 mg/dL).