Table 2.

Number of patients with major morbidities

No. (%)Median (range)
Initial major morbidity73
 Death 6 (8)  
 No follow-up 13 (18)  
Surviving patients (with follow-up) 54  
 Duration of follow-up, y  10 (1-47) 
 No subsequent morbidities 17 (31)  
 Subsequent morbidities* 37 (69)  
  TIA/stroke 21  
  Other neurologic abnormalities
(hemiparesis, cognitive impairment) 
 
  Acute kidney injury (without ESKD)  
  ESKD (2 patients, kidney transplants) 14  
  Cardiac injury (cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure)  
  Deaths attributed to subsequent morbidities (stroke, 5; ESKD, 3)  
Prophylaxis 54  
 Patients 39 (72)  
 Prophylaxis began:   
  Before initial major morbidity  
  At the time of initial major morbidity  
  After initial major morbidity 21  
  Not reported  
 Recurrence of major morbidity after prophylaxis 11 (28)  
No. (%)Median (range)
Initial major morbidity73
 Death 6 (8)  
 No follow-up 13 (18)  
Surviving patients (with follow-up) 54  
 Duration of follow-up, y  10 (1-47) 
 No subsequent morbidities 17 (31)  
 Subsequent morbidities* 37 (69)  
  TIA/stroke 21  
  Other neurologic abnormalities
(hemiparesis, cognitive impairment) 
 
  Acute kidney injury (without ESKD)  
  ESKD (2 patients, kidney transplants) 14  
  Cardiac injury (cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure)  
  Deaths attributed to subsequent morbidities (stroke, 5; ESKD, 3)  
Prophylaxis 54  
 Patients 39 (72)  
 Prophylaxis began:   
  Before initial major morbidity  
  At the time of initial major morbidity  
  After initial major morbidity 21  
  Not reported  
 Recurrence of major morbidity after prophylaxis 11 (28)  
*

10 patients had multiple subsequent major morbidities.

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