With respect to elderly patients: Finding kidneys in the context of new allocation concepts

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1091-1098

  Tso, P L ^a   Dar, W A ^a   Henry, M L ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; biopsy; donor risk; expanded criteria donors; living donor transplantation; scoring systems

Indexed keywords

AGED; COLD ISCHEMIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; GLOMERULITIS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84860438989     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03956.x     Document Type: Review

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