Elderly kidney transplant recipients have favorable outcomes but increased infection-related mortality

Autor: Jeong-Hoon Lim, Ga Young Lee, Yena Jeon, Hee-Yeon Jung, Ji-Young Choi, Jang-Hee Cho, Sun-Hee Park, Yong-Lim Kim, Hyung-Kee Kim, Seung Huh, Eun Sang Yoo, Dong-Il Won, Chan-Duck Kim
Jazyk: English<br />Korean
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Kidney Research and Clinical Practice, Vol 41, Iss 3, Pp 372-383 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2211-9132
2211-9140
DOI: 10.23876/j.krcp.21.207
Popis: Background The number of elderly patients with end-stage kidney disease has been increasing, but the outcomes of kidney transplants (KT) remain poorly understood in elderly patients. Therefore, we evaluated the clinical outcomes of elderly KT recipients and analyzed the impact of elderly donors. Methods This retrospective cohort study included patients who underwent KT between 2000 and 2019. KT recipients were divided into four groups according to a combination of recipient and donor age (≥60 or
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