Trends in kidney transplant outcomes in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2235-2242

  McAdams Demarco, Mara A ^a,b   James, Nathan ^a   Salter, Megan L ^a,b   Walston, Jeremy ^c   Segev, Dorry L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

graft loss; kidney transplantation; mortality; older adults

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH CENSORED GRAFT LOSS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; SURVIVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GRAFT REJECTION; REGISTER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84918836022     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13130     Document Type: Article

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