Renal outcomes of simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation compared to liver transplant alone for candidates with renal dysfunction

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 34-43

  Brennan, Todd V ^a   Lunsford, Keri E ^b   Vagefi, Parsia A ^c   Bostrom, Alan ^d   Ma, Michael ^d   Feng, Sandy ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney; Liver; Outcomes; Renal dysfunction; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POST TREATMENT SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULTANEOUS LIVER KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920913925     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12479     Document Type: Article

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