Quantification of the early risk of death in elderly kidney transplant recipients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 427-432

  Gill, J S ^a,b,c   Schaeffner, E ^d   Chadban, S ^e   Dong, J ^a   Rose, C ^a   Johnston, O ^a   Gill, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; deceased donor; living donor transplantation; postoperative mortality; survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DEATH; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84873095459     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04323.x     Document Type: Article

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