ArticleClinical transplantation2022
Pre-transplant cognitive screening is a poor predictor of post-transplant cognitive status.
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- Cognitive function after kidney transplantation: longitudinal trajectories, associated factors, and clinical outcomes-a systematic review.International urology and nephrology · 2026Review
- Pretransplant Cognitive Function and Kidney Transplant Outcomes: A Prospective Cohort Study.Kidney medicine · 2024Article
- Changes in Cognitive Function After Kidney Transplantation: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation · 2024Article
- Cognitive decline related to chronic kidney disease as an exclusion factor from kidney transplantation: results from an international survey.Clinical kidney journal · 2024Article
- Screening of cognitive performance in kidney transplant recipients: a mini review.Frontiers in nephrology · 2023Review
- Cognitive Function and Kidney Transplantation: Putting Current Data into Clinical Perspective.Kidney medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionTransplant centers hesitate to transplant patients with cognitive impairment. It is unclear if pre-kidney transplant (KT) cognitive screening can predict post-KT cognitive function.
methodsWe evaluated pre- to post-KT cognitive function with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in a cohort of 108 patients. We used an adjusted logistic regression model to assess pre- to post-KT changes in cognitive status (continuous variable) and a linear mixed model to assess changes in MoCA scores (categorical variable) pre- to post- KT.
resultsThe average pre- and post-KT MoCA scores were 25.3 ± 3.0 and 26.4 ± 2.8, respectively. Final pre-KT score did not predict post-KT cognitive status (OR = 1.08; 95% CI: .92-1.26; P = .35). 32% of the patients with a final pre-KT score ≥26 had at least one post-KT score < 26. Conversely, 61% of the patients with a final pre-KT score < 26 had at least one post KT score ≥26. In the linear mixed model analysis, the final pre-KT score was associated with a small, clinically insignificant (β = .34; 95% CI: .19-.49; P < .001) effect on the post-KT score.
conclusionA low pre-KT MoCA score is not a strong independent predictor of post-KT cognitive function and should not preclude patients from receiving a KT.
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