Patterns of care quality and prognosis among hospitalized ischemic stroke patients with chronic kidney disease.

16 However, in our study we observed that patients with mild dysfunction versus normal function were significantly more likely to receive an antithrombotic prescription within 48 hours of admission, be discharged on an antithrombotic, receive anticoagulation at discharge if they had a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation or flutter; showed a strong trend towards being more likely to receive intravenous thrombolysis; showed a non‐significant pattern of being more likely to receive a lipid‐lowering agent at discharge; and were no less likely to receive smoking cessation counseling at discharge, deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis, or overall stroke hospitalization defect‐free care.

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