Cost-effectiveness of hypothermic machine preservation versus static cold storage in renal transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1824-1830

  Groen, H ^a   Moers, C ^a   Smits, J M ^b   Treckmann, J ^c   Monbaliu, D ^d   Rahmel, A ^b   Paul, A ^c   Pirenne, J ^d   Ploeg, R J ^a   Buskens, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b EUROTRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Preservation; Renal allotransplantation; Transplant outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT FAILURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIC MACHINE PRESERVATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHRECTOMY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENOGRAPHY; STATIC COLD STORAGE; SURVIVAL;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MARKOV CHAINS; ORGAN PRESERVATION;

EID: 84863221471     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04030.x     Document Type: Article

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