Obesity and kidney transplant candidates: How big is too big for transplantation?

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 575-586

  Lentine, Krista L ^a   Delos Santos, Rowena ^b   Axelrod, David ^c   Schnitzler, Mark A ^a   Brennan, Daniel C ^b   Tuttle Newhall, Janet E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cardiovascular disease; Health care costs; Kidney transplantation; Mortality; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; GRAFT FAILURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND INFECTION;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84870322829     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345476     Document Type: Review

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