Anemia after kidney transplantation; Its prevalence, risk factors, and independent association with graft and patient survival: A time-varying analysis

Transplantation

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 923-928

  Jones, Heather ^a   Talwar, Manish ^a   Nogueira, Joseph M ^a   Ugarte, Richard ^a   Cangro, Charles ^a   Rasheed, Hassaan ^a   Klassen, David K ^a   Weir, Matthew R ^a   Haririan, Abdolreza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Graft survival; Kidney transplantation; Patient survival

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BASILIXIMAB; BICARBONATE; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IRON THERAPY; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANEMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860731199     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31824b36fa     Document Type: Article

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