Inactivity on the kidney transplant wait-list is associated with inferior pre- and post-transplant outcomes

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Norman, Silas Prescod ^a   Kommareddi, Mallika ^a   Luan, Fu Lung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Inactivity; Kidney; Survival; Transplant; Wait list

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

INACTIVITY; KIDNEY; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANT; WAIT-LIST;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84881540477     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12173     Document Type: Article

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