Is delayed graft function causally associated with long-term outcomes after kidney transplantation? Instrumental variable analysis

Transplantation

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1008-1014

  Butala, Neel M ^a   Reese, Peter P ^b   Doshi, Mona D ^c   Parikh, Chirag R ^a,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft failure; Cold ischemia time; Delayed graft function; Kidney transplantation; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HLA ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; COLD ISCHEMIA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COLD ISCHEMIA; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876551141     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182855544     Document Type: Article

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