Predicting mortality after kidney transplantation: A clinical tool

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1248-1257

  Jassal, Sarbjit V ^a,b,d   Schaubel, Douglas E ^c   Fenton, Stanley S A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Division of Nephrology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Charlson comorbidity index; Comorbidity; Outcome; Patient survival; Prognosis; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKEMIA; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; ULCER;

ADULT; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 28444473479     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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