Are the baseline chances of survival comparable between the candidates for kidney transplantation who actually receive a graft and those who never get one?

Autor: Vianello, Alberto, Spinello, Michela, Palminteri, Giuseppe, Brunello, Anna, Calconi, Gilberto, Maresca, Maria‐Cristina
Zdroj: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation; Jun2002, Vol. 17 Issue 6, p1093-1098, 6p
Abstrakt: Background. The superiority of kidney transplantation over dialysis for patient survival often is assessed by comparing the survival rate of candidates who get a graft to that of those on the waiting list who do not. This study tries to ascertain if the two groups are comparable in terms of their chances of surviving. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Databáze: Complementary Index