ArticleTransplantation research2012
Access to kidney transplantation: outcomes of the non-referred.
Article in Transplantation research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Kidney Transplant Referral, Activation, and Transplantation Rates in a Single-Center Cohort of Older Adults in Nova Scotia.Clinical transplantation · 2026Article
- Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation in Older Recipients.Annals of transplantation · 2023Article
- Optimal Sequencing of Deceased Donor and Live Donor Kidney Transplant Among Pediatric Patients With Kidney Failure.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Outcomes following renal transplantation in older renal transplant recipients: a single-center experience and "Croatian senior program".International urology and nephrology · 2015Article
- Contraindications to kidney transplantation: uneven grounds?Transplantation research · 2015Article
- Correlates of left ventricular mass in chronic hemodialysis recipients.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2014Observational
- Outcomes following renal transplantation in older people: a retrospective cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2013Article
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Abstract
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backgroundThere is a concern that some, especially older people, are not referred and could benefit from transplantation.
methodsWe retrospectively examined consecutive incident end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients at our center from January 2006 to December 2009. At ESRD start, patients were classified into those with or without contraindications using Canadian eligibility criteria. Based on referral for transplantation, patients were grouped as CANDIDATE (no contraindication and referred), NEITHER (no contraindication and not referred) and CONTRAINDICATION. The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) was used to assess comorbidity burden.
resultsOf the 437 patients, 133 (30.4%) were CANDIDATE (mean age 50 and CCI 3.0), 59 (13.5%) were NEITHER (age 76 and CCI 4.4), and 245 (56.1%) were CONTRAINDICATION (age 65 and CCI 5.5). Age was the best discriminator between NEITHER and CANDIDATES (c-statistic 0.96, P <0.0001) with CCI being less discriminative (0.692, P <0.001). CANDIDATES had excellent survival whereas those patients designated NEITHER and CONTRAINDICATION had high mortality rates. NEITHER patients died or developed a contraindication at very high rates. By 1.5 years 50% of the NEITHER patients were no longer eligible for a transplant.
conclusionsThere exists a relatively small population of incident patients not referred who have no contraindications. These are older patients with significant comorbidity who have a small window of opportunity for kidney transplantation.
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