Association Between First Post-operative Day Urine Output Following Kidney Transplantation and Short-Term and Long-Term Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between post-operative urine output (UO) following kidney transplantation and long-term graft function has not been well described.

Objective

In this study, we examined the association between decreased UO on post-operative day 1 (POD1) and post-transplant outcomes.

Design

This is a retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Atlantic Canada.

Patients

Patients from the 4 Atlantic Canadian provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island) who received a live or deceased donor kidney transplant from 2006 through 2019 through the multiorgan transplant program at the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (QEII) hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Measurements

Using multivariable Cox proportional hazar

SUBMITTER: Morrison SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10757439 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature