The impact of deceased donor kidney risk significantly varies by recipient characteristics

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1001-1011

  Heaphy, E L G ^a   Goldfarb, D A ^b,c   Poggio, E D ^b,c   Buccini, L D ^a,c   Flechner, S M ^b,c   Schold, J D ^a,b  

^a University Cleveland   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor pool; donor risk; donor selection; donor recipient matching; extended donor criteria; interaction; kidney allocation; kidney graft survival; kidney transplantation; recipient outcome; risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875750665     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12154     Document Type: Article

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