ArticleInternational urology and nephrology2005
Live and deceased donor kidney transplantation in patients aged 75 years and older in the United States.
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- Should patients older than 65 years be offered a second kidney transplant?BMC nephrology · 2017Article
- [Kidney transplantation in old age].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2016Review
- A retrospective review of the two-step tuberculin skin test in dialysis patients.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2016Article
- The combined risk of donor quality and recipient age: higher-quality kidneys may not always improve patient and graft survival.Transplantation · 2014Article
- Outcome of live and deceased donor renal transplantation in patients aged ≥55 years: A single-center experience.Indian journal of nephrology · 2014Article
- Managing transplant rejection in the elderly: the benefits of less aggressive immunosuppressive regimens.Drugs & aging · 2013Article
- Induction with interleukin-2 antagonist for transplantation of kidneys from older deceased donors: an observational study.Transplantation research · 2013Article
- Access to kidney transplantation: outcomes of the non-referred.Transplantation research · 2012Article
- Benefit of kidney transplantation beyond 70 years of age.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2010Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the outcomes of geriatric ESRD patients selected for kidney transplantation.
designData were extracted from the USRDS Standard Analysis Files (SAF). All persons ages 75 and over who received a kidney transplant from 1994 to 2000 were compared with those remaining on dialysis or on a transplant waiting list. Data on mortality or removal from the waiting list were obtained from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). The main outcome measure was patient and kidney transplant survival.
resultsSuperior five year survival after kidney transplantation was attained by the geriatric cohort given a live donor transplant (59.9%), compared with recipients of deceased donor kidneys (40.3%), dialysis patients waiting for transplant (29.7%), and those who were not selected for kidney transplantation and remained on dialysis (12.5%). The likelihood of being removed from the waiting list for any reason was higher in this group (over 75) (30.3%) than in the 66-75 age group (26.8%). Their average annual mortality rate on the waiting list was 7.9, compared to 6.6% for those 66-75.
conclusionEven after the age of 75 years, kidney transplantation provides substantial life prolongation and excellent graft survival.
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